RIVERA MORALES v. BENITEZ de REXACH

Nos. 75-1190, 75-1265.

541 F.2d 882 (1976)

Victor RIVERA MORALES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Celeste BENITEZ de REXACH et al., Defendants-Appellees. Esther PEDROZA GABRIEL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Celeste BENITEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 14, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francisco A. Rosa Silva, Hato Rey, P. R., with whom Rieckehoff, Calderon, Rosa Silva & Vargas, Hato Rey, P. R., was on briefs for appellee Celeste Benitez de Rexach.

Robert E. Schneider, Jr., Santurce, P. R., for appellant Victor Rivera Morales.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, MATTHES, Senior Circuit Judge, and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.


MATTHES, Senior Circuit Judge.

The Supreme Court of the United States, in Elrod v. Burns, ___ U.S. ___, 96 S.Ct. 2673, 49 L.Ed.2d 547 (1976) considered and decided the question "whether public employees [sic] who allege they were discharged or threatened with discharge solely because of their partisan political affiliation or nonaffiliation state a claim for deprivation of constitutional rights secured by the First...

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