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RUIZ-ROCHE v. LAUSELL

No. 87-1984.

848 F.2d 5 (1988)

Ramon RUIZ-ROCHE, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Miguel D. LAUSELL, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 27, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jose Ramon Perez Hernandez, San Juan, P.R., with whom Jorge A. Pierluissi, Hato Rey, P.R., was on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

Zuleika Llovet, San Juan, P.R., with whom Saldana, Rey, Moran & Alvarado, Santurce, P.R., Hector Rivera-Cruz, Secretary of Justice, and Rafael Ortiz-Carrion, Sol. Gen., were on brief, for defendant, appellee Miguel D. Lausell.

Jay A. Garcia-Gregory, San Juan, P.R., with whom Carlos Lugo Fiol, Santurce, P.R., was on brief, for defendant, appellee Puerto Rico Telephone Co.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, and BOWNES and BREYER, Circuit Judges.

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Ramon Ruiz Roche was fired from his job as legal counsel to the Puerto Rico Telephone Company ("PRTC"). He brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) for injunctive relief and damages, arguing, inter alia, that his firing violated the First Amendment (it was politically motivated) and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment (he was not given a hearing). The phone company and its President, Miguel...

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