TORRES v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne Buxton Sobol, Atty., Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Raymond L. Acosta, U. S. Atty., San Juan, P. R., J. Paul McGrath, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert S. Greenspan, Atty., Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Randolph W. Gaines, Chief of Litigation, and Andrew E. Wakshul, Atty., Dept. of Health and Human Services, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for defendant, appellant.

Porfirio Martinez Laboy, Ponce, P. R., with whom Jose R. Mendez Purcell, Ponce, P. R., and Manuel Medina Jaca, Rio Piedros, P. R., were on brief, for plaintiff, appellee.

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