IN RE JUSTICES OF SUPREME COURT OF PUERTO RICO

Nos. 82-1538, 82-1573.

695 F.2d 17 (1982)

In re The JUSTICES OF the SUPREME COURT OF PUERTO RICO, Petitioners. In re COLEGIO DE ABOGADOS DE PUERTO RICO, and Fundacion Colegio De Abogados, Petitioners.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos V. Garcia Gutierrez, with whom Harry Anduze Montano, Santurce, P.R., was on petition for writ of mandamus, for petitioners Colegio De Abogados De Puerto Rico and Fundacion Colegio De Abogados.

Jay A. Garcia Gregory, and Miriam Naveira De Rodon, with whom Salvador Antonetti, and Jose Julian Alvarez Gonzalez, San Juan, P.R., were on petition for writ of mandamus, for petitioners the Justices of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico.

Robert E. Schneider, Jr., Santurce, P.R., and Hector L. Marquez, San Juan, P.R., for Robert E. Schneider, Jr., et al.

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


BREYER, Circuit Judge.

The petitioners in these cases, the Puerto Rico Bar Association (the "Colegio"), the Bar Association Foundation (the "Fundacion"), and the Justices of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, seek writs of mandamus to compel the federal district court to dismiss suits that five local attorneys have brought against them. The suits, which are brought against other Commonwealth defendants as well, are part of an ongoing course of litigation attacking...

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