Legal Opinion
David Brewster v. Michael S. Dukakis
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 24, 1982No. 81-1688, 81-1915PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
Defendants-appellants, various members of the executive branch of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, appeal an order of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts enforcing a consent decree to which they are signatories. Although we avoid a detailed description of the circumstances giving rise to the order, the provisions of the order, and their modification by a second order, a brief review is necessary to set the stage for our discussion of this appeal.
The consent decree was the result of the negotiated settlement of a suit filed as a class action…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- New York State Ass'n for Retarded Children, Inc. v. CareyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
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