RIVERA FERNANDEZ v. CHARDON

No. 80-1237.

648 F.2d 765 (1981)

Rafael RIVERA FERNANDEZ, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Carlos CHARDON, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 8, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheldon Nahmod, Chicago, Ill., with whom Hiram R. Cancio, Harry R. Nadal-Arcelay, Jaime R. Nadal-Arcelay, Blanca I. Mera-Roure, Jesus R. Rabell-Mendez and Cancio, Nadal & Rivera, San Juan, P. R., were on briefs, for plaintiff, appellant, Rafael Rivera-Fernandez, Angel L. Arzon-Mendez, Ramon A. Vega Cruz, Laura L. Santos-Roa, Angel L. Allende-Velazquez, Evelyn Irizarry-Escobar, Enrique Diaz-Maldonado, Jose D. Nieves-Rivera, Aida L. Sanchez De Negron, Herminia Ortiz-Ortiz, Jose R. Munoz-Rivera, Eduardo Tarafa-Gonzalez, Gladys Rosado-Acevedo, Roberto Velazquez-Nieves, Sara Velazquez-Concepcion, Cecilio Alvarez-Plajas, Enrique Rosado-Alverio, Julia Martinez Vda. De Calderon, Saquia Azize-Mawad, Isaias Torres-Sanchez, Miguel Alvelo-Rodriguez, Irma L. Baldoni De Valencia, and Manuel Rosas-Lebron.

Roberto L. Cordova, San Juan, P. R., with whom Brown, Newsom & Cordova and Ines Equia Miranda, San Juan, P. R., were on brief, for defendants, appellees.

Before CAMPBELL, BOWNES and BREYER, Circuit Judges.


CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

Each of these 23 cases raises the issue of when the statute of limitations began to run on an employee's claim that he or she was wrongfully demoted or fired because of political affiliation: the precise question is whether the limitations period began upon receipt of advance notification of demotion or discharge, or whether it dated from the time the employee stopped working at the job from which he or she was removed.

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