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FIGUEROA-RODRIGUEZ v. LOPEZ-RIVERA

Nos. 87-1319, 87-1801, 87-1863.

878 F.2d 1478 (1989)

Jose Manuel FIGUEROA-RODRIGUEZ, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Aurelio LOPEZ-RIVERA, etc., Defendant, Appellant. Luis J. GONZALEZ-GONZALEZ, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Carmen Sonia ZAYAS, etc., Defendant, Appellant. Victor M. FONTANE-REXACH, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. PUERTO RICO ELECTRIC POWER AUTHORITY, et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

April 25, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alice Net Carlo and Garcia Rodon, Correa Marquez & Valderas on supplemental memoranda for rehearing for appellant Aurelio Lopez-Rivera.

Carlos Del Valle, Hector Rivera Cruz, Secretary of Justice, Rafael Ortiz Carrion, Sol. Gen., and Ramirez & Ramirez on supplemental brief for appellant Carmen Sonia Zayas.

Alice Net Carlo and Garcia Rodon, Correa Marquez & Valderas on supplemental memoranda for rehearing for appellants Puerto Rico Elec. Power Authority, et al.

Pedro Miranda Corrada and Hector Urgell Cuebas on briefs for appellees.

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

OPINIONS EN BANC

BREYER, Circuit Judge.

These three Puerto Rican "political discharge" cases raise a single legal question: do the defendants enjoy "qualified immunity" (protecting them from liability for damages) in dismissing (1) the Director of the Board of Appeals of the Department of Social Services, Gonzalez-Gonzalez v. Zayas, 878 F.2d 1500; (2) two Zone Fire Chiefs, Figueroa-Rodriguez v. Lopez-Rivera,

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