de FELICIANO v. de JESUS

No. 88-1977.

873 F.2d 447 (1989)

Margarita Rivera DE FELICIANO, etc., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Francisco DE JESUS, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellees. Farm Credit Corporation, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 27, 1989.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 24, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos Del Valle, Hato Rey, P.R., with whom Hector Rivera Cruz, Secretary of Justice, Bayamon, P.R., Rafael Ortiz Carrion, Sol. Gen., Jaime Brugueras and Ramirez & Ramirez, Hato Rey, P.R., were on brief for defendant, appellant.

Ramon L. Walker Merino, San Juan, P.R., for plaintiffs, appellees.

Before BREYER and SELYA, Circuit Judges, and CAFFREY, Senior District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 24, 1989.

BREYER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs in this case worked for Puerto Rico's Farm Credit Corporation ("FCC") as "career" civil service employees. In 1985, Francisco de Jesus, the President of the FCC, dismissed them. They sued de Jesus and the FCC, claiming that their dismissals were unlawful, for two reasons: (a) de Jesus fired them because of their political affiliation (they are all members of the New...

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