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ROSADO v. ZAYAS

Nos. 86-1210, 86-1425.

813 F.2d 1263 (1987)

Israel Alicea ROSADO, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Carmen Sonia ZAYAS, Secretary of the Department of Social Services of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Defendant, Appellant. Gaddiel MORALES BURGOS, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Patria CUSTODIO, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 10, 1987.

As Amended March 20, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcos A. Ramirez Irrizarry with whom Carlos Del Valle, Ramirez & Ramirez, Hato Rey, P.R., and Hector Rivera Cruz, Secretary of Justice, were on briefs for defendants, appellants in Nos. 86-1210 and 86-1425.

Jorge A. Pierluisi, Jr., Hato Rey, P.R., with whom Jose Ramon Perez-Hernandez, Old San Juan, P.R., was on brief for plaintiff, appellee in No. 86-1210.

Miguel Pagan, San Juan, P.R., with whom Eliezer Aldarondo and Aldarondo & Lopez Bras, Hato Rey, P.R., were on brief for plaintiffs, appellees in No. 86-1425.

Before COFFIN, BOWNES and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges.

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

We consider in this opinion two political discharge cases, briefed and argued separately before the same panel, arising out of the November 1984 gubernatorial election in Puerto Rico. Plaintiffs-appellees allege that they were demoted for political reasons in violation of the first and fourteenth amendments when the new administration assumed power in January 1985. Plaintiffs seek both damages and injunctive relief reinstating them to their...

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