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ROSARIO NEVAREZ v. TORRES GAZTAMBIDE

No. 86-1655.

820 F.2d 525 (1987)

Guillermo ROSARIO NEVAREZ, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Honorable Jaime TORRES GAZTAMBIDE, et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 5, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jose A. Sanchez Alvarez, Hector Rivera Cruz, Secretary of Justice, and Ramirez & Ramirez, Hato Rey, P.R., on brief, for defendants, appellants.

Frank Rodriguez Garcia, Ponce, P.R., on brief, for plaintiff, appellee Guillermo Rosario Nevarez.

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

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal marks our first opportunity to review a decision on the merits reinstating and awarding damages to a public official allegedly dismissed for political reasons in the wake of the most recent Puerto Rico gubernatorial election. Prior cases dealing with similar dismissals following the electoral victory by the Partido Popular Democratico ("PPD") over the Partido Nuevo Progresista ("PNP") in 1984 have come before us either on appeal...

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