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VECINOS De BARRIO UNO v. CITY OF HOLYOKE

Civil Action No. 92-30052-MAP.

926 F.Supp. 23 (1996)

VECINOS De BARRIO UNO, et al. v. CITY OF HOLYOKE, et al.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

May 23, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Gleason, Julie A. Trachten, Nutter, McClennen & Fish, Boston, MA, David P. Hoose, Alan M. Katz, Katz, Sasson & Hoose, Springfield, MA, William Newman, Lesser, Newman, Souweine & Nasser, Northampton, MA, Ozell Hudson, Jr., Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, Boston, MA, Alan J. Rom, Law Office of Sherwin L. Kantrovitz, P.C., Boston, MA, for Plaintiffs.

Edward R. Mitnick, Asst. City Solicitor, Kenneth J. Cote, Jr., City of Holyoke Law Department, Holyoke, MA, Steven P. Perlmutter, Robinson & Cole, Boston, MA, for Defendants.

Thomas E. Kanwit, United States Attorney's Office, Boston, MA, for Movant.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

PONSOR, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

On March 27, 1995, this court issued its decision in this voting rights case, holding that the electoral system for at-large positions on the Holyoke City Council violated the Voting Rights Act of 1982. Vecinos De Barrio Uno v. City of Holyoke, 880 F.Supp. 911 (D.Mass.1995). On December 29, 1995, the First Circuit Court of Appeals...

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