June 8, 1995

                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT





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        No. 94-1988



                            MARION FARRELL NOONE, ET AL.,

                               Plaintiffs, Appellants,



                                          v.



                            NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE, ET AL.,

                                Defendants, Appellees.





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        No. 94-2130



                            MARION FARRELL NOONE, ET AL.,

                               Plaintiffs, Appellants,



                                          v.



                            NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE, ET AL.,

                                Defendants, Appellees.

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                    APPEALS FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS



                 [Hon. Walter J. Skinner, Senior U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before



                                Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                            Selya and Cyr, Circuit Judges.
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            Marion Farrell Noone and Joseph F. Noone, III on brief pro se.
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            Donald K.  Stern, United States  Attorney, and  Susan G.  Winkler,
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        Assistant United States  Attorney, on brief  for defendants/appellees,

        Pat  Hynes,  Paul  Desmond,  Martin  Marciniak,  Mark  Mahar,  Kenneth

















        Varriale, Paul Flynn, and Thomas Lyster.

            John  V. Woodard and  Powers &  Hall Professional  Corporation, on
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        brief for defendants/appellees Middleburgh Telephone  Company, Randall

        F. Becker and Barbara Becker.

            Pamela  A.  Smith  on  brief  for  defendants/appellees, New  York
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        Telephone Company, Richard A. Jalkut and Daniel J. Murphy.

            Pamela A.  Smith on  brief for  defendants/appellees, New  England
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        Telephone and Telegraph  Company, Paul O'Brien,  Robert Jacobs,  Nancy

        Kinton and William McManus.

            Philip J. Callan, Jr, Michael K.  Callan, Kevin M. Walkowski,  and
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        Doherty,   Wallace,   Pillsbury  &   Murphy,   P.C.,   on  brief   for
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        defendants/appellees,  James  Collins,  Harry  Miles   and  Growhoski,

        Callahan & Miles. 





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                 Per Curiam.   We have reviewed  the parties' briefs  and
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            the  record on appeal.  We deny appellants' motions to strike



            the briefs  of the federal  defendants-appellees, New England



            Telephone Company, and New York Telephone Company.



                 We  affirm essentially  for  the reasons  stated in  the



            district  court's memoranda  and orders,  dated February  23,



            1994, June 8, 1994, and October 20, 1994.



                 Affirmed.
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