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FERNANDEZ v. CHARDON

Nos. 80-1237 et al., 81-1567 and 81-1607.

681 F.2d 42 (1982)

Rafael Rivera FERNANDEZ, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Carlos CHARDON, Etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees. Juan Fumero SOTO, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. Carlos CHARDON, Etc., et al., Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Submitted March 17, 1982.

Decided June 8, 1982.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing July 6, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheldon H. Nahmod, Chicago, Ill., Hiram R. Cancio, Harry R. Nadal-Arcelay, Jaime R. Nadal-Arcelay, Jesus R. Rabell-Mendez, and Cancio, Nadal & Rivera, San Juan, P. R., on brief for appellants.

K. Martin Worthy, John G. DeGooyer, Stephen L. Humphrey, Hamel, Park, McCabe & Saunders, Washington, D. C., Hector Reichard De Cardona, Secretary of Justice, and Ines Eguia De Casanova, Atty., Dept. of Justice of Puerto Rico, San Juan, P. R., on brief for appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

Before us in the instant action are two groups of consolidated cases that represent fifty-five and thirty-six cases, respectively. All ninety-one cases are actions based on 42 U.S.C. § 1983 charging illegal acts of political discrimination. The first group of consolidated cases, Fumero Soto v. Chardon, is an appeal from a jury verdict that defendants are liable to plaintiffs in the fifty-five cases and from the relief ordered by...

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