ESTRADA-ADORNO v. GONZALEZ

No. 88-1282.

861 F.2d 304 (1988)

Elba ESTRADA-ADORNO, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Jose R. GONZALEZ, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 10, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Manuel Alvarado with whom Elba Rosa Rodriguez, Saldana, Rey, Moran & Alvarado, Santurce, P.R., Hon. Hector Rivera-Cruz, Secretary of Justice, and Rafael Ortiz-Carrion, Sol. Gen., San Juan, P.R., were on brief for defendants, appellants.

Kenneth B. La Quay Rebollo, Rio Piedras, P.R., for plaintiff, appellee.

Before BOWNES and BREYER, Circuit Judges, and ATKINS, Senior District Judge.


BREYER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal, in a "political discharge" case, presents an unusual variation on a familiar theme. See, e.g., Mitchell v. Forsyth, 472 U.S. 511, 105 S.Ct. 2806, 86 L.Ed.2d 411 (1985); Branti v. Finkel, 445 U.S. 507, 100 S.Ct. 1287, 63 L.Ed.2d 574 (1980); Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S. 347, 96 S.Ct. 2673, 49 L.Ed.2d 547 (1976); Juarbe...

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