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CINTRON-GARCIA v. ROMERO-BARCELO

No. 81-1914.

671 F.2d 1 (1982)

Angel Manuel CINTRON-GARCIA, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Carlos ROMERO-BARCELO, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellees. Partido Popular Democratico, et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 27, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lino J. Saldana, Santurce, P. R., with whom H. Febus Bernardini, Santurce, P. R., Marcos Ramirez and Marcos Ramirez Lavandero, Hato Rey, P. R., were on memorandum for defendants, appellants.

Eduardo L. Buso, San Juan, P. R., for defendant, appellee, Hector Reichard de Cardona, Secretary of Justice.

Marvin S. Cohen, with whom John M. Gibbons and Stroock, Stroock & Lavan, Washington, D. C., were on memorandum for plaintiffs, appellees.

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

PER CURIAM.

On December 14, 1981, a federal district court in Puerto Rico preliminarily enjoined Commonwealth officials from filling a between-elections vacancy in the Commonwealth's House of Representatives according to the procedure set forth in the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The district judge believed that the constitutionally-mandated procedure, which allows the political party of the representatives whose seat fell vacant to choose his...

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