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Cite as: 502 U. S. 367 (1992)
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Opinion of the Court
Justice White delivered the opinion of the Court.
In these cases, the District Court denied a motion of the
sheriff of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, to modify a consent
Taranto, Charles Cole, Attorney General of Alaska, Grant Woods, Attorney General of Arizona, Winston Bryant, Attorney General of Arkansas,
Dan Lungren, Attorney General of California, Gale Norton, Attorney
General of Colorado, Charles M. Oberly III, Attorney General of Delaware, Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General of Florida, Michael J.
Bowers, Attorney General of Georgia, Elizabeth Barrett-Anderson, Attorney General of Guam, Warren Price III, Attorney General of Hawaii,
Larry EchoHawk, Attorney General of Idaho, Roland W. Burris, Attorney
General of Illinois, Linley E. Pearson, Attorney General of Indiana, Bonnie Campbell, Attorney General of Iowa, Robert T. Stephan, Attorney
General of Kansas, Fred Cowan, Attorney General of Kentucky, William
J. Guste, Jr., Attorney General of Louisiana, Michael E. Carpenter, Attorney General of Maine, J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of Maryland, Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General of Michigan, Hubert H. Humphrey III, Attorney General of Minnesota, Mike Moore, Attorney General
of Mississippi, William L. Webster, Attorney General of Missouri, Frankie
Sue Del Papa, Attorney General of Nevada, John P. Arnold, Attorney
General of New Hampshire, Robert J. Del Tufo, Attorney General of New
Jersey, Tom Udall, Attorney General of New Mexico, Lacy H. Thornburg,
Attorney General of North Carolina, Nicholas Spaeth, Attorney General
of North Dakota, Lee Fisher, Attorney General of Ohio, Robert H. Henry,
Attorney General of Oklahoma, Dave Frohnmayer, Attorney General of
Oregon, Ernest D. Preate, Jr., Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Hector
Rivera-Cruz, Attorney General of Puerto Rico, James E. O’Neil, Attorney
General of Rhode Island, T. Travis Medlock, Attorney General of South
Carolina, Mark “Barney” Barnett, Attorney General of South Dakota,
Paul Van Dam, Attorney General of Utah, Jeffrey L. Amestoy, Attorney
General of Vermont, Rosalie Ballentine, Acting Attorney General of the
Virgin Islands, Mary Sue Terry, Attorney General of Virginia, Ken Eikenberry, Attorney General of Washington, Mario Palumbo, Attorney General of West Virginia, and Joseph B. Meyer, Attorney General of Wyoming;
for the City of New York by Victor A. Kovner, Leonard J. Koerner, Fay
Leoussis, and Timothy J. O’Shaughnessy; for the International City Management Association et al. by Richard Ruda, Zachary D. Fasman, and
Mark L. Gerchick; and for Michael J. Ashe, Jr., Sheriff of Hampden County,
et al. by Edward J. McDonough, Jr.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the American
Civil Liberties Union et al. by John A. Powell, Steven R. Shapiro, John