ROURE v. HERNANDEZ COLON

No. 87-1048.

824 F.2d 139 (1987)

Trinidad ROURE, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Rafael HERNANDEZ COLON, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 24, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elba Rosa Rodriquez, Saldana, Rey, Moran & Alvarado, Santurce, P.R., Hector Rivera Cruz, Secretary of Justice, and Rafael Ortiz Carrion, Sol. Gen., 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 COFFIN, BOWNES and BREYER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiffs, 25 former employees of the Office of the Governor at La Fontaleza, brought a § 1983 action contending that they were terminated in violation of their First Amendment rights solely because of their political association and that they had been deprived of their property interest in their positions without due process. They sought reinstatement, back pay, and damages. Defendants' motion for summary judgment based on, among other things, qualified...

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