VELAZQUEZ v. CHARDON

Nos. 83-1893, 84-1067, 83-1895, 83-1896, 84-1068 and 83-1897.

736 F.2d 831 (1984)

Juan A. Valles VELAZQUEZ, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Carlos E. CHARDON, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellees. Agustin Lao COLON, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Carlos E. CHARDON, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellees. Enelida Rios SALAS, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Carlos E. CHARDON, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellees. Felipe Odiott MORALES, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Carlos E. CHARDON, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 21, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Alberto J. Perez-Hernandez, with whom Alex Gonzalez, and Law Offices of Alex Gonzalez, San Juan, P.R., were on brief, for appellees.

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


COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

This consolidated appeal comes at the tail end of a dispute that has dragged its weary length through the courts for more than six years. The dispute traces its history back to January, 1977, when Carlos Romero Barcelo of the New Progressive Party replaced Rafael Hernandez Colon of the Popular Democratic Party as governor of Puerto Rico. Appellees, all members of the New Progressive Party, assumed supervisory positions in the Puerto Rico Department...

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