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President Nixon and Hale & Dorr resigned from the case that following year when the school committee refused to approve a citywide busing plan.
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Francis J. Pilecki, who was accused of sexually molesting two students. Pilecki was found not guilty in one of the cases and the charges were dropped in the other after a civil settlement was reached.
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