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VAZQUEZ RIOS v. HERNANDEZ COLON

No. 86-1610.

819 F.2d 319 (1987)

Aurea E. VAZQUEZ RIOS, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Rafael HERNANDEZ COLON, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 8, 1987.

Submitted on Motion for Rehearing April 29, 1987.

Opinion on Denial of Rehearing May 20, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pedro Juan Perez Nieves with whom Saldana, Rey, Moran & Alvarado, Santurce, P.R., Hector Rivera-Cruz, Secretary of Justice, and Rafael Ortiz-Carrion, Sol. Gen., San Juan, P.R., were on brief, for defendants, appellants.

Pedro Miranda Corrada, San Juan, P.R., with whom Hector Urgell Cuebas, Santurce, P.R., was on brief, for plaintiffs, appellees.

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

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

There has been a steady drumbeat of civil actions involving claimed politically motivated discharges arising out of the change in administration following Puerto Rico's 1984 gubernatorial election. The case at bar deals with several more positions in that litany. There are seven appellees. All of them aver that they were dismissed from their government positions because of their political affiliation with the Partido Nuevo Progresista (PNP)....

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