Legal Opinion
Comfort Ex Rel. Neumyer v. Lynn School Committee
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided May 31, 2000No. C.A.99-11811-NGPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
GERTNER, District Judge.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. STANDARD FOR GRANTING A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION.60
II. FACTUAL BACKGROUND.61
A. The Lynn Plan.61
B. The State Laws at Issue.62
C. The Plaintiffs.62
III. LEGAL ANALYSIS.63
A. Threat of Irreparable Harm to Plaintiffs .63
B. Likelihood of Success on the Merits.64
1. Wessman Assumed Diversity Could be a Compelling.66
2. Wessman Suggests that the Outcome is Factr-Bound.65
C. Balance of Harms and the Public Interest.68
IV. CONCLUSION.69
The plaintiffs, five parents of students residing in Lynn, Massachusetts, challenge the validity of “A…
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Comfort v. Lynn School CommitteeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2005
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