MORALES MORALES v. ARIAS

No. 87-1376.

834 F.2d 255 (1987)

Juan A. MORALES MORALES, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Luis Rafael ARIAS, etc., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 7, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jose L. Gonzalez-Castaner with whom Marcos A. Ramirez-Irrizarry, Ramirez & Ramirez, Hector Rivera Cruz, Secretary of Justice, and Rafael Ortiz-Carrion, Sol. Gen., were on brief for defendant, appellant.

Pedro J. Salicrup and Rafael Vazquez-Colon on brief for Public Buildings Authority, amicus curiae.

Pedro Miranda-Corrada with whom Hector Urgell-Cuebas and Jose Roberto Feijoo were on brief for plaintiff, appellee.

Before BOWNES, Circuit Judge, TIMBERS, Senior Circuit Judge, and BREYER, Circuit Judge.


BREYER, Circuit Judge.

This case is one of many "political discharge" suits brought by Puerto Rican agency officials whom new agency chiefs dismissed after a new administration took office following the 1984 election. See, e.g., Nunez v. Izquierdo-Mora, 834 F.2d 19 (1st Cir.1987); Juarbe-Angueira v. Arias, 831 F.2d 11 (1st Cir.1987); Zayas-Rodriguez v. Hernandez,

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