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HAWES v. CLUB ECUESTRE EL COMANDANTE

Nos. 75-1380 to 75-1382.

535 F.2d 140 (1976)

John HAWES, etc. et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CLUB ECUESTRE EL COMANDANTE et al., Defendants-Appellees. Nancy KREITZER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PUERTO RICAN CARS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees. Daniel VENTURA et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. EL CONQUISTADOR HOTEL, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 5, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arturo Aponte Pares, Hato Rey, for William Naveira, appellee.

Jay A. Garcia Gregory, San Juan, P. R., with whom Fiddler, Gonzalez & Rodriguez, San Juan, P. R., was on brief, for Jose G. Gonzalez, Hanny Stubbe Lopez, Gerard Noel Delaplace, Jaime Gonzalez Oliver, Patrick H. Gray, Robert T. Wilson, and Hilda Soltero Harrington, appellees.

Francisco Ponsa Feliu, Francisco Ponsa Flores, and Jose V. Martinez Espada, Hato Rey, P. R., on brief for Municipality San Juan, P. R., and others, appellees.

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

MATTHES, Senior Circuit Judge.

The sole question presented by these appeals is whether Local Rule 5 of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, which requires nondomiciliary plaintiffs to post security for costs, expenses, and attorneys' fees' is consistent with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Constitution of the United States. Rule 5, which became effective on June 1, 1974, provides as follows:

When the plaintiff is...

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