VARGAS-FIGUEROA v. SALDANA

No. 86-2014.

826 F.2d 160 (1987)

Fernando VARGAS-FIGUEROA, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Jose M. SALDANA, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 18, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruben T. Nigaglioni, James D. Noel, III, Ledesma, Palou & Miranda, Hato Rey, P.R., and Lady Alfonso de Cumpiano, Legal Counsel, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, P.R., on brief, for defendants, appellants.

Eliezer Aldarondo Ortiz, Hato Rey, P.R., Miguel Pagan, San Juan, P.R., and Aldarondo & Lopez Bras, Hato Rey, P.R., on brief, for plaintiff, appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, BREYER, Circuit Judge, and RE, Judge.


BREYER, Circuit Judge.

In August 1986 the chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico's medical sciences campus, Dr. Jose M. Saldana, and the dean of its medical school, Dr. Nydia de Jesus, removed the plaintiff, Dr. Fernando Vargas Figueroa, from his post as head of the physiology department and replaced him with Dr. Manuel Martinez Maldonado. Dr. Vargas then sued the chancellor and the dean (and Dr. Martinez), claiming...

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