BARBOSA v. SANCHEZ VILELLA

Civ. A. No. 162-67.

293 F.Supp. 831 (1967)

Pilar BARBOSA et al., Plaintiffs, v. Roberto SANCHEZ VILELLA, Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court D. Puerto Rico.

April 18, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert O. Reid, Sr., Washington, D. C., Santos P. Amadeo, Arturo Ortiz Toro, San Juan, P. R., for plaintiffs.

Rafael Hernandez Colon, Atty. Gen., of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and Rafael A. Rivera Cruz, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendants.


OPINION

CAFFREY*, District Judge.

This matter came on for hearing on the basis of plaintiffs' motion for the convening of a statutory three-judge court and upon the basis of defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint.

The following facts appear to be without substantial dispute: the Legislature of Puerto Rico enacted a law bearing the caption "An Act to Provide for the holding of a plebiscite on the Political Status...

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