ACEVEDO-FELICIANO v. RUIZ-HERNÁNDEZ

No. 04-1154.

447 F.3d 115 (2006)

Enrique ACEVEDO-FELICIANO, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Miguel A. RUIZ-HERNÁNDEZ, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 11, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claudio Aliff Ortiz, with whom Pablo Landrau Pirazzi and Aldarondo & López Bras were on brief, for appellants.

Jorge Martínez-Luciano, with whom Gina Ismalia Gutiérrez-Galang, Law Offices Pedro Ortiz Alvarez, Alfredo Acevedo-Cruz, and Civil Rights Legal Task Force were on brief, for appellees.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, SELYA and LYNCH, Circuit Judges.


LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs and appellants are twenty-two former temporary employees of the Municipality of Aguada, Puerto Rico. Each held a contract stating that the term of employment was effective through June 30, 2001, but also stating that the employment was "by way" of a particular financial grant (a "Law 52" grant, explained further below) that the Municipality had received from the Commonwealth. Funding under that grant was exhausted on December 31, 2000...

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