RAMIREZ de ARELLANO v. ALVAREZ de CHOUDENS

No. 77-1274.

575 F.2d 315 (1978)

Matilde R. RAMIREZ de ARELLANO, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Jose A. ALVAREZ de CHOUDENS, etc., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 10, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Candita R. Orlandi, Asst. Sol. Gen., San Juan, P. R., with whom Hector A. Colon Cruz, Sol. Gen., San Juan, P. R., was on brief, for defendant, appellant.

Alfonso M. Christian, San Juan, P. R., with whom Jose Ramon Perez Hernandez, San Juan, P. R., was on brief, for plaintiff, appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, BOWNES and MOORE, Circuit Judges.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

This appeal in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 raises the question of what statute of limitations applies in Puerto Rico to a commonwealth employee's claim to have been discharged in violation of constitutional rights. Because we believe the district court misapplied the tolling provisions of the relevant statute, we reverse its judgment in favor of plaintiff and order the suit dismissed.

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