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PARTIDO NUEVO PROGRESISTA v. HERNANDEZ COLON

Civ. No. 75-619.

415 F.Supp. 475 (1976)

PARTIDO NUEVO PROGRESISTA et al., Plaintiffs, v. Rafael HERNANDEZ COLON, Individually and as Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

March 26, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baltasar Corrada Del Rio, San Juan, P. R., for plaintiffs.

Carlos R. Rios, Secretary of Justice, Miriam Naveira de Rodon, Sol. Gen., for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Peter Ortiz, Deputy Sol. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, San Juan, P. R., for defendants.

Before COFFIN, Circuit Judge, TOLEDO, Chief District Judge, and TORRUELLA, District Judge.

OPINION

PER CURIAM.

We are called upon to decide the constitutionality of certain provisions of Act No. 24 of May 22, 1975 (16 LPRA 2089) of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. This statute is an amendment to the Commonwealth's Electoral Code (16 LPRA 2001 et seq.). In deciding this issue we must weigh the rights of freedom of speech and association in counterbalance to the police power of the state to regulate...

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