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ZAYAS-RODRIGUEZ v. HERNANDEZ

No. 86-1982.

830 F.2d 1 (1987)

Jose ZAYAS-RODRIGUEZ, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Dario HERNANDEZ, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 29, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Miguel Pagan, Eliezer Aldarondo Ortiz and Aldarondo & Lopez Bras, Hato Rey, P.R., on brief, for plaintiffs, appellees.

Before BOWNES, BREYER and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges.

BREYER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises out of "political discharge" suits by eight former officials of the Puerto Rico Highway Authority who, following the election of a new governor in 1984, were dismissed by the new head of the Authority (PRHA). They claim their dismissals violated the federal constitution. See Branti v. Finkel, 445 U.S. 507, 100 S.Ct. 1287, 63 L.Ed.2d 574 (1980) and Elrod

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