Legal Opinion
Robert T. Deveraux v. William J. Geary, and Plaintiff-Class in Culbreath v. Dukakis, Intervenors-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 24, 1985No. 84-2004PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs, five non-minority members of the Metropolitan District Commission (“MDC”) police force, appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 596 F.Supp. 1481, dismissing their complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted after finding their attempt to intervene in the case of Cul-breath v. Dukakis untimely.
The issue, whose resolution will decide the procedural as well as the substantive question before us, is whether the Supreme Court’s decision in Firefighters Local No. 1784 v.…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Franks v. Bowman Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United Steelworkers of America v. WeberSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- System Federation No. 91 v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Local 28 of the Sheet Metal Workers' International Ass'n v. Equal Employment Opportunity CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- United States of America, and Ann Erwin, Intervening v. City of Chicago, William C. Bigby, and Ann Erwin, Intervening v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- United States v. New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
- United States v. State Of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. CallahanDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2016
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