Taylor v. Rhode Island

USCA1 Opinion

[NOT FOR PUBLICATION--NOT TO BE CITED AS PRECEDENT]

United States Court of Appeals

For the First Circuit

No. 98-2066

WILLIAM L. TAYLOR, ET AL.,

Plaintiffs, Appellants,

v.

STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, ET AL.,

Defendants, Appellees.

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND

[Hon. Mary M. Lisi, U.S. District Judge]

Before

Torruella, Chief Judge,

Cyr, Senior Circuit Judge,

and Selya, Circuit Judge.

Richard A. Sinapi, American Civil Liberties Union, Rhode

Island Affiliate and Sinapi Law Associates, Ltd. on brief for

appellants.

Jeffrey B. Pine, Attorney General, Thomas A.…