SANTANA v. COLLAZO

Civ. Nos. 75-1187, 75-1213 and 75-1466.

533 F.Supp. 966 (1982)

Flora SANTANA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Jenaro Collazo COLLAZO, et al., Defendants, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

February 15, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maria Laura Colon, Heriberto Quinones Echevarria, Roberto Fernandez Coll, Puerto Rico Legal Services, Hato Rey, P. R., Harry F. Swanger and John R. Bird, National Juvenile Law Center, St. Louis, Mo., for plaintiffs.

Robert D. Dinerstein, Yolanda Orozco, Mary E. McClymont, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-intervenor.

Donato Rivera de Jesus, Marcos A. Ramirez Lavandero, Ramirez & Rivera, Marvin Diaz Ferrer, Hato Rey, P. R., for defendants.

Heriberto Quiñones Echevarría, P. R. Legal Services Corp., Hato Rey, P. R., co-counsel of plaintiffs.


DECISION AND ORDER

TORRUELLA, District Judge.

After a long and tortuous road,1 this case is ready for adjudication on the merits. It is a consolidation of three separate suits, Santana v. Collazo, Civil Number 75-1187 (filed on October 20, 1975), Olivo v. Ríos, Civil Number 75-1213 (filed on October 24, 1975) and Ibáñez v. Ríos, Civil Number 75-1466 (filed on December 22, 1975). In these...

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