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FIGUEROA v. APONTE-ROQUE

Nos. 88-1525, 88-1526.

864 F.2d 947 (1989)

Aurora FIGUEROA, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Hon. Awilda APONTE-ROQUE, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellees. Aurora FIGUEROA, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Hon. Awilda APONTE-ROQUE, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 4, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Rodriguez Garcia, Ponce, P.R., with whom Francisco J. Rodriguez Juarbe was on brief, for plaintiffs.

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

Before COFFIN and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges, and WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge.

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

Eight office clerks and a janitor filed suit against top officials in the Puerto Rico Department of Education claiming that their jobs were not renewed because of their political affiliation. A jury found for the janitor against the Secretary of Education, but held for the defendants on all other claims. Both sides appeal. We uphold the jury's verdict except in the janitor's case, in which the plaintiff failed to demonstrate a causal link between...

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