APONTE v. CALDERON

No. CIV. 01-1963(JAF).

176 F.Supp.2d 135 (2001)

Jorge E. APONTE and his wife; Daniel Pagan, his wife, and the conjugal partnership constituted between them, Plaintiffs, v. Sila M. CALDERON, in her personal and official capacity as Governor of Puerto Rico, her husband, Adolfo Krans, and the conjugal partnership constituted between them; David Noriega-Rodriguez, in his personal and official capacity as President of the Independent Citizens' Commission to Evaluate Governmental Transactions, his wife, Jane Doe, and the conjugal partnership constituted between them; Ileana Colon-Carlo, her husband John Doe, and the conjugal partnership constituted between them; Carmen Rita Velez-Borras, her husband John Doe, and the conjugal partnership constituted between them; Pedro Galarza, his wife Jane Doe and the conjugal partnership constituted between them; Pedro Lopez-Oliver, his wife Jane Doe and the conjugal partnership constituted between them; Angel Hermida, his wife Jane Doe and the conjugal partnership constituted between them; all in their personal and official capacities as members of the above-mentioned Commission; Unknown Defendants X, Y, and Z; Insurance Companies A, B, and C, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

November 29, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Nevares, Smith & Nevares, San Juan, PR, Carlos R. Ramirez, San Juan, PR, Carlos Lugo-Fiol, San Juan, PR, for Jorge E. Aponte, Daniel Pagan.

Salvador J. Antonetti-Stutts, Director, Dept. of Justice of PR, Federal Litigation Div., San Juan, PR, for Sila Maria Calderon, Adolfo Krans, Conjugal Partnership Krans-Calderon.

Rafael Escalera-Rodriguez, Nestor J. Navas-DÁcosta, Reichard & Escalera, San Juan, PR, for David Noriega-Rodriguez, Ileana Colon-Carlo, Carmen Rita Velez-Borras, Pedro Galarza, Pedro Lopez-Oliver, Angel Hermida.


OPINION AND ORDER

FUSTE, District Judge.

I.

Introduction

This is an action for a declaratory judgment, injunctive relief, and damages, in which Plaintiffs seek redress for the purported violation by Defendants of their constitutional rights to freedom of speech and association, to the equal protection of the laws, and to due process of law, as guaranteed by the First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States...

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