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RAFFUCCI ALVARADO v. SONIA ZAYAS

Nos. 86-1675, 86-1810.

816 F.2d 818 (1987)

Eva RAFFUCCI ALVARADO, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Carmen SONIA ZAYAS, Defendant, Appellant. Digno C. GIRAUD RIVERA, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Carmen SONIA ZAYAS, etc., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 24, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcos Ramirez Lavandero, with whom Ramirez & Ramirez, Hato Rey, P.R., and Hon. Hector Rivera Cruz, Secretary of Justice, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, were on brief, for defendant, appellant.

Jose Ramon Perez-Hernandez, Old San Juan, P.R., with whom Jorge A. Pierluissi, Jr., Hato Rey, P.R., was on brief for plaintiffs, appellees.

Before BOWNES, Circuit Judge, WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge, and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

In this opinion we decide two interlocutory appeals, which were briefed and argued separately. The cases are two of the many arising from the spate of political discharges that followed the Popular Democratic Party's victory in the 1984 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election. Specifically, we consider whether the Social Services Secretary was entitled to qualified immunity against personal liability for removing two New Progressive Party members...

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