CUESNONGLE v. RAMOS

No. 82-1904.

713 F.2d 881 (1983)

His Excellency Vincente CUESNONGLE, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Hector RAMOS, Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs of Puerto Rico, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 10, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerardo Mariani, Asst. Sol. Gen., Dept. of Justice, San Juan, P.R., with whom Miguel Pagan, Acting Sol. Gen., Dept. of Justice, San Juan, P.R., was on brief, for defendant, appellant.

Luis R. Davila-Colon, San Juan, P.R., with whom Hans H. Hertell, David C. Indiano, and Law Offices of Hertell & Davila, San Juan, P.R., were on brief, for plaintiffs, appellees.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, ALDRICH, Circuit Judge, and BONSAL, District Judge.


BAILEY ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.

As in Surinach v. Pesquera de Busquets, 1 Cir., 1979, 604 F.2d 73, this is a suit seeking to have declared unconstitutional an action taken by the Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs of Puerto Rico (DACO), established by Law No. 5 of April 23, 1973, 3 L.P.R.A. Secs. 341a-341v, as an improper entanglement between church and state. In...

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