SURINACH v. PESQUERA de BUSQUETS

No. 78-1527.

604 F.2d 73 (1979)

His Excellency Bishop Ricardo SURINACH, etc., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Carmen T. PESQUERA de BUSQUETS, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 25, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jose Guillermo Vivas, Ponce, P. R., with whom Carlos Martinez-Texidor, and Vivas & Martinez-Texidor, Ponce, P. R., were on brief for appellants.

Reina Colon De Rodriguez, Asst. Sol. Gen., San Juan, P. R., with whom Hector A. Colon Cruz, Sol. Gen., San Juan, P. R., was on brief for appellee.

George E. Reed, Gen. Counsel, and Patrick F. Geary, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Washington, D. C., on brief for United States Catholic Conference, amicus curiae.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.


COFFIN, Chief Judge.

This litigation was instituted by the President of the Inter-Diocesan Secretariat for Catholic Education of Puerto Rico and superintendents of Roman Catholic schools in a number of Puerto Rican dioceses to have declared unconstitutional actions taken by the Secretary of Consumer Affairs of Puerto Rico to investigate the operating costs of Roman Catholic schools in the Commonwealth. Plaintiffs also sought to have the Secretary permanently enjoined...

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