Allen v. School Committee of Boston

This appeal is here pursuant to the applications of both parties for direct appellate review. The defendant school committee of the city of Boston (school committee) seeks reversal of a judgment of civil contempt entered by a judge of the Superior Court on March 5, 1986. It also seeks relief from the judge’s order that it compensate the plaintiffs, who are parents and guardians of “special needs” students resident in Boston, for out-of-pocket expenses, legal costs, and lost days of school which resulted from a twelve-day strike by school bus drivers in January, 1986. See Allen v. School Comm.…