BLANCH v. CORDERO

No. 4451.

180 F.2d 856 (1950)

BLANCH et al. v. CORDERO, Auditor, et al.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

March 22, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arturo O'Neill, Hato Rey, P. R., for appellants.

Melvin Richter, Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (H. G. Morison, Assistant Attorney General, Paul A. Sweeney and Richard P. Williams, III, Attorneys, Department of Justice, Mastin G. White, Solicitor, Department of the Interior, Irwin W. Silverman, Chief Counsel, Division of Territories and Island Possessions, Department of the Interior, and Shirley Ecker Boskey, Attorney, Department of the Interior, all of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellees.

MAGRUDER, Chief Judge, and MARIS (by special assignment) and WOODBURY, Circuit Judges.


WOODBURY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico affirming a judgment of the District Court for the Judicial District of San Juan dismissing a complaint praying for the issuance of a writ of mandamus directed to the insular Auditor and the insular Treasurer. The plaintiffs allege that they were all officers or employees of the People of Puerto Rico on July 1, 1932, whose salaries were specified in the budget bill enacted...

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