Original Case: 1:15-cv-13987

First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
Case #: 0:20-civil-01434
Typecivil / private / civil rights
Nature of Suit440 Civil Rights - Other Civil Rights
Case Filed:Apr 20, 2020
Terminated:May 19, 2021
Last checked: Sunday May 23, 2021 2:02 AM EDT
Amicus Curiae
LAWYERS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
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Sophia Hall
Lawyers for Civil Rights
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Alison Casey
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
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Robyn Smith Maguire
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
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Amicus Curiae
CHARLES HAMILTON HOUSTON INSTITUTE FOR RACE AND JUSTICE AT HARVARD LAW SCHOOL
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Sophia Hall
Lawyers for Civil Rights
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Alison Casey
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
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Robyn Smith Maguire
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
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Amicus Curiae
BOSTON SOCIETY OF VULCANS
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Sophia Hall
Lawyers for Civil Rights
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Alison Casey
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
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Robyn Smith Maguire
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
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Defendant
JESSE MERMELL, in her individual and official capacities
Represented By
Patricia Correa
Town of Brookline
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Douglas I. Louison
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Leonard H. Kesten
Brody Hardoon Perkins & Kesten LLP
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Joseph Adam Padolsky
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Thomas R. Donohue
Brody Hardoon Perkins & Kesten LLP
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Defendant - Appellee
NEIL WISHINSKY, individually and in his official capacity
Represented By
Patricia Correa
Town of Brookline
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Douglas I. Louison
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Joseph Adam Padolsky
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Defendant - Appellee
BERNARD E. GREENE, individually and in his official capacity
Represented By
Patricia Correa
Town of Brookline
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Joseph Adam Padolsky
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Defendant - Appellee
BEN FRANCO, individually and in his official capacity
Represented By
Patricia Correa
Town of Brookline
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Joseph Adam Padolsky
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Defendant - Appellee
NANCY HELLER, individually and in her official capacity
Represented By
Patricia Correa
Town of Brookline
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Joseph Adam Padolsky
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Defendant - Appellee
BROOKLINE, MA
Represented By
Patricia Correa
Town of Brookline
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Douglas I. Louison
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Joseph Adam Padolsky
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Defendant - Appellee
BETSY DEWITT, in her individual and official capacities
Represented By
Patricia Correa
Town of Brookline
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Douglas I. Louison
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Joseph Adam Padolsky
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Defendant - Appellee
KENNETH GOLDSTEIN, in his individual and official capacities
Represented By
Patricia Correa
Town of Brookline
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Douglas I. Louison
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Joseph Adam Padolsky
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Defendant - Appellee
NANCY DALY, in her individual and official capacities
Represented By
Patricia Correa
Town of Brookline
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Douglas I. Louison
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Joseph Adam Padolsky
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Defendant - Appellee
SANDRA DEBOW, in her individual and official capacities
Represented By
Patricia Correa
Town of Brookline
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Douglas I. Louison
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Joseph Adam Padolsky
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Defendant - Appellee
JOSLIN HAM MURPHY, in her individual and official capacities
Represented By
Patricia Correa
Town of Brookline
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Douglas I. Louison
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Joseph Adam Padolsky
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Defendant - Appellee
NEIL WISHINSKY, in his individual and official capacities
Represented By
Patricia Correa
Town of Brookline
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Douglas I. Louison
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Joseph Adam Padolsky
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Defendant - Appellee
BERNARD E. GREENE, in his individual and official capacities
Represented By
Patricia Correa
Town of Brookline
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Douglas I. Louison
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Joseph Adam Padolsky
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Defendant - Appellee
BEN FRANCO, in his individual and official capacities
Represented By
Patricia Correa
Town of Brookline
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Douglas I. Louison
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Joseph Adam Padolsky
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Defendant - Appellee
NANCY HELLER, in her individual and official capacities
Represented By
Patricia Correa
Town of Brookline
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Douglas I. Louison
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Joseph Adam Padolsky
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Defendant - Appellee
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS, LOCAL 950
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John Michael Becker
Sandulli Grace PC
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Alan H. Shapiro
Sandulli Grace, P.C.
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Defendant - Appellee
TOWN OF BROOKLINE, MA
Represented By
Patricia Correa
Town of Brookline
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Douglas I. Louison
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Joseph Adam Padolsky
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Defendant - Appellee
BOARD OF SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN OF BROOKLINE
Represented By
Patricia Correa
Town of Brookline
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Douglas I. Louison
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Joseph Adam Padolsky
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Defendant - Appellee
BETSY DEWITT, individually and in her official capacity
Represented By
Patricia Correa
Town of Brookline
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Douglas I. Louison
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Joseph Adam Padolsky
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Defendant - Appellee
KEN GOLDSTEIN, individually and in his official capacity
Represented By
Patricia Correa
Town of Brookline
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Douglas I. Louison
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Joseph Adam Padolsky
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Defendant - Appellee
NANCY DALY, individually and in her official capacity
Represented By
Patricia Correa
Town of Brookline
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Douglas I. Louison
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Joseph Adam Padolsky
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Defendant - Appellee
JESSE MERMELL, individually and in his official capacity
Represented By
Patricia Correa
Town of Brookline
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Douglas I. Louison
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Joseph Adam Padolsky
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Defendant - Appellee
STANLEY SPIEGEL
Represented By
Martin R. Rosenthal
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Naomi R. Shatz
Zalkind Duncan & Bernstein LLP
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Joseph Adam Padolsky
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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David Duncan
Zalkind Duncan & Bernstein LLP
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Defendant - Appellee
SANDRA DEBOW, individually and in her official capacity
Represented By
Patricia Correa
Town of Brookline
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Douglas I. Louison
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Joseph Adam Padolsky
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Defendant - Appellee
JOSLIN HAM MURPHY, individually and in her official capacity
Represented By
Patricia Correa
Town of Brookline
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Douglas I. Louison
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Joseph Adam Padolsky
Louison Costello Condon & Pfaff LLP
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Interested Party
BROOKS AVERELL AMES
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Brooks Averell Ames
Brookline Justice League Inc
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Interested Party
MARIELA AMES
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John McKirachan Pavlos
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Interested Party
MICHAEL W. KAHN
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Noah A. Rabin
Adler Cohen Harvey Wakeman & Guekgueian LLP
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Gabriel W. Bell
Adler Cohen Harvey Wakeman & Guekgueian LLP
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Plaintiff
PRENTICE PILOT
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Brooks Averell Ames
Brookline Justice League Inc
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Plaintiff
ESTIFANOS ZERAI-MISGUN
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Brooks Averell Ames
Brookline Justice League Inc
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Plaintiff
JUANA BAEZ
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Brooks Averell Ames
Brookline Justice League Inc
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Plaintiff
ROGELIO RODAS
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Brooks Averell Ames
Brookline Justice League Inc
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Plaintiff
CRUZ SANABRIA
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Brooks Averell Ames
Brookline Justice League Inc
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Plaintiff
DEMETRIUS OVIEDO
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Brooks Averell Ames
Brookline Justice League Inc
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Plaintiff
DEON FINCHER
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Brooks Averell Ames
Brookline Justice League Inc
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Plaintiff - Appellant
GERALD ALSTON, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated
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Brooks Averell Ames
Brookline Justice League Inc
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GPO Feb 19 2021
OPINION issued by Sandra L. Lynch, Appellate Judge; Bruce M. Selya, Appellate Judge and Joseph N. Laplante,* U.S. District Judge. Published. *Of the District of New Hampshire, sitting by designation. [20-1434]
GPO May 07 2021
OPINION issued by Sandra L. Lynch, Appellate Judge; Bruce M. Selya, Appellate Judge and Joseph N. Laplante, U.S. District Judge. Published. [20-1434]
GPO May 19 2021
OPINION issued by Sandra L. Lynch, Appellate Judge; Bruce M. Selya, Appellate Judge and Joseph N. Laplante,* U.S. District Judge. Published. *Of the District of New Hampshire, sitting by designation. [20-1434]
GPO May 24 2021
ERRATA issued by court to opinion (published) [6422990-2]. [20-1434]
Docket last updated: 05/23/2021 2:02 AM EDT
Monday, April 20, 2020
CIVIL CASE docketed. Notice of appeal (doc. #440) filed by Appellant Gerald Alston. Docketing Statement, Appearance Form, and Transcript Report/Order form due 05/04/2020. 20-1434 (RMK)
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