CAMACHO v. AUTORIDAD DE TELEFONOS DE PUERTO RICO

No. 88-1583.

868 F.2d 482 (1989)

Isaac CAMACHO, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. AUTORIDAD de TELEFONOS de PUERTO RICO, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 21, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles S. Hey-Maestre with whom Roberto Roldan-Burgos, Instituto Puertorriqueno de Derechos Civiles, Sara E. Rios, Frank E. Deale, Center for Constitutional Rights, Peter Berkowitz and Jose Antonio Lugo were on brief for plaintiffs, appellants.

Jose Juan Nazario de la Rosa, Juan Santiago Nieves, and Nazario, Santiago, De Leon on brief for Concilio General de Trabajadores and Comite en Defensa Derechos Ciudadanos, Inc., amici curiae.

Lino J. Saldana with whom Saldana, Rey, Moran & Alvarado, Jay A. Garcia-Gregory, Francisco de Jesus Schuck, Maria del Carmen Taboas, Fiddler Gonzalez & Rodriguez, Carmen Irizarry de Dominguez, Daniel Dominguez and Dominguez & Totti were on brief for appellees Autoridad de Telefonos de Puerto Rico, Enrique Jimenez, Miguel D. Lausell and Pedro Galarza.

John C. Harrison, Civil Div., Dept. of Justice, with whom John R. Bolton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daniel F. Lopez-Romo, U.S. Atty., and John F. Cordes, Jr., were on brief for intervenor-appellee the U.S.

Before COFFIN, BOWNES and SELYA, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

We are asked to revisit a crossroads where the laws of the United States and Puerto Rico intersect. Having made the journey and inspected the terrain anew, we remain confident that our earlier survey of the intersection is accurate. Because that reaffirmation is dispositive of the most heralded point on this appeal, and because none of appellants' other initiatives have merit, we affirm the district court's dismissal of the action.

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