Devlin v. School Committee of City of Chelsea

INTRODUCTION

These consolidated actions arose from a decision of defendants Boston University ("BU”) and the School Committee of the City of Chelsea (“School Committee”) to enter into a contract pursuant to which BU would participate in managing the Chelsea public school system. The plaintiff groups in the two actions, the “Devlin plaintiffs” and “51 Hispanic plaintiffs,” filed separate lawsuits, which were subsequently consolidated, in which they challenged the validity of defendants’ actions on a variety of constitutional and statutory grounds.

The School Committee has moved to dismiss,…