In re SAN JUAN STAR COMPANY, Petitioner,
Pedro Juan SOTO, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants,
v.
Carlos Romero BARCELO, et al., Defendants, Appellees,
In re Pedro Juan SOTO, et al., Petitioners,
Pedro Juan SOTO, et al.,
v.
Carlos Romero BARCELO, et al., Miguel Hernandez Agosto, Intervenor, Appellant.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued May 8, 1981.
Decided October 26, 1981.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Bruce W. Sanford, Cleveland, Ohio, with whom Lee Levine, Baker & Hostetler, Cleveland, Ohio, Arturo Trias, and Francis, Doval, Munoz, Alevedo, Otero & Trias, Hato Rey, P. R., were on petition, for The San Juan Star Company.
Jose Antonio Lugo, New York City, with whom Pedro Varela, Hato Rey, P. R., Michael Avery, Boston, Mass., Peter Berkowitz, Rina Biaggi-Garcia, Rio Piedras, P. R., and Alberto Omar Jimenez, Boston, Mass., were on brief for Pedro Juan Soto, et al.
Hector M. Laffitte, Hato Rey, P. R., with whom Laffitte & Dominguez, Hato Rey, P. R., was on answer to petition, for Angel Perez Casillas, et al.
Vannessa Ramirez, Hato Rey, P. R., with whom Hartzell, Ydrach, Mellado, Santiago & Perez, Hato Rey, P. R., was on brief, for Alejandro Gonzalez Malave.
Richard L. Cys, Joyce E. Mayers, and Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard & McPherson, Washington, D. C., on brief, for Carlos Romero Barcelo.
Richard M. Schmidt, Jr., Robert C. Burns, Jack Landau, and Sharon Mahoney, Washington, D. C., on brief for The American Society of Newspaper Editors and The Reporters Committee For Freedom of the Press, amici curiae.
Marcos A. Ramirez Lavandero, Hato Rey, P. R., with whom Marcos A. Ramirez, and Jose A. Nazario, Hato Rey, P. R., were on brief, for appellant in no. 81-1221.
Richard L. Cys, Washington, D. C., with whom Joyce E. Mayers, Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard & McPherson, Washington, D. C., A. Santiago Villalonga, Vannessa Ramirez, Hartzell, Ydrach, Mellado, Santiago & Perez, Hato Rey, P. R., and Roberto Armstrong, Jr., Deputy Sol. Gen., Dept. of Justice, San Juan, P. R., were on joint brief, for appellees in no. 81-1221.
Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BREYER, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
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