Legal Opinion
Boston Children's v. City of Boston
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 5, 2001No. 00-1731PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.
Appellants are five school-age children who live in Boston, Massachusetts. In combination with five other children and an advocacy group, Boston’s Children First, they brought suit, claiming that the Boston elementary school assignment program denied them their preferred school assignments based on their race, in violation of federal and state law. Boston’s Children First v. City of Boston, 98 F.Supp.2d 111, 112 (D.Mass.2000). Each plaintiff sought declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as compensatory or nominal damages. Id. The district court held that because the…
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