GOYCO de MALDONADO v. RIVERA

No. 87-1872.

849 F.2d 683 (1988)

Mildred I. GOYCO de MALDONADO, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Jose A. RIVERA, etc., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 9, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos Del Valle with whom Hector Rivera Cruz, Secretary of Justice, Com. of Puerto Rico, Rafael Ortiz Carrion, Sol. Gen., Marcos A. Ramirez Irrizarry, Jose A. Sanchez Alvarez and Ramirez & Ramirez, Hato Rey, P.R., were on brief, for defendant, appellant.

Pedro Miranda Corrada, Hato Rey, P.R., with whom Hector Urgell Cuebas, Santurce, P.R., was on brief, for plaintiff, appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and SELYA, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Mildred I. Goyco de Maldonado, plaintiff-appellee, sued for damages, reinstatement, and ancillary relief in the aftermath of her dismissal on February 11, 1985 as first vice president of the Puerto Rico Housing Bank and Finance Agency (Housing Bank). The gravamen of her action was twofold: she claimed (1) that she lost her job because of her ties with a particular political party in derogation of her first amendment associational rights, and...

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