GIERBOLINI-COLON v. APONTE-ROQUE

No. 87-1675.

848 F.2d 331 (1988)

Edgardo GIERBOLINI-COLON, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Awilda APONTE-ROQUE, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 10, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jose Andreu Garcia with whom Hector Rivera Cruz, Secretary of Justice, and Andreu Garcia & Andreu Garcia were on brief for defendants, appellants.

Pedro Miranda Corrada with whom Hector Urgell Cuebas was on brief for plaintiff, appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, and CAFFREY, Senior District Judge.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

Government officials of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico appeal from a district court judgment holding them liable for violating the First Amendment rights of plaintiff-appellee Edgardo Gierbolini Colon ("Gierbolini"). 666 F.Supp. 334 (1987).

In 1970 Gierbolini began work at WIPR, a radio station owned and operated by the Department of Education of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Initially...

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