ROSARIO-TORRES v. HERNANDEZ-COLON

Nos. 87-2096, 87-2097.

889 F.2d 314 (1989)

Miguel A. ROSARIO-TORRES, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Rafael HERNANDEZ-COLON, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellees. Appeal of Franklin MARTINEZ-MONGE, Defendant. Miguel A. ROSARIO-TORRES, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Rafael HERNANDEZ-COLON, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 8, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rafael F. Castro Lang, San Juan, with whom Jose Ramon Perez Hernandez and Rafael Sanchez Hernandez were on brief, for plaintiffs, appellees.

Jose Angel Rey, with whom Zuleika Llovet, Saldana, Rey, Moran & Alvarado, Hato Rey, P.R., Hector Rivera-Cruz, Secretary of Justice, Bayamon, P.R., and Jorge Perez-Diaz, Sol. Gen., were on brief, for defendants, appellees.

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


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

More than two years ago, we remarked the "steady drumbeat of civil actions involving claimed politically motivated discharges arising out of the change in administration following Puerto Rico's 1984 gubernatorial election." Vazquez Rios v. Hernandez Colon, 819 F.2d 319, 320 (1st Cir.1987). Time has little diminished that diapason. See, e.g., Arbona-Custodio v. de Jesus-Gotay, 873...

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