Legal Opinion
Lewis C. Burton v. Whittier Regional Vocational Technical School District
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 20, 1978No. 78-1211PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
This case comes to us by way of a motion to dismiss granted by the district court. At issue is whether the system of appointment of members of the Whittier Regional Vocational Technical School District (Whittier District) by the local school committees of its constituent municipalities deprives the residents of Haverhill of equal protection of the law and violates the constitutional mandate of “one person — one vote.”
Plaintiffs-appellants, residents of the City of Haverhill 1 brought a 1983 civil rights action seeking an injunction prohibiting the Whittier District from…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking UnlimitedSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Gray v. SandersSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Avery v. Midland CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Hadley v. Junior College District of Metropolitan Kansas CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Gerald P. Kelleher v. Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical High School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- Opinion of the Justices to the SenateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- City of St. Albans v. Northwest Regional Planning CommissionSupreme Court of Vermont · 1998
- Cohanim v. New York City Board of EducationDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2002
- Winburn v. Bennington-Rutland Supervisory UnionDistrict Court, D. Vermont · 1990
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