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FIGUEROA-RODRIGUEZ v. LOPEZ-RIVERA

Nos. 87-1319, 87-1320.

878 F.2d 1488 (1989)

Jose Manuel FIGUEROA-RODRIGUEZ, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Aurelio LOPEZ-RIVERA, etc., Defendant, Appellant. Jose Manuel FIGUEROA-RODRIGUEZ, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Aurelio LOPEZ-RIVERA, etc., Defendant, Appellee. Appeal of Alice NET-CARLO.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

April 22, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alice Net Carlo with whom Law Offices of Garcia Rodon, Correa Marquez & Valderas, Hato Rey, P.R., was on brief, for defendant, appellant.

Pedro Miranda Corrada, San Juan, P.R., with whom Hector Urgell Cuebas was on brief, for plaintiffs, appellees.

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

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This is yet another of the long, gray line of suits brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the aftermath of Puerto Rico's 1984 gubernatorial election. Like most of the others, this action involves claims of politically motivated firings said to be violative of the principles announced in Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S. 347, 96 S.Ct. 2673, 49 L.Ed.2d 547 (1976), and Branti v. Finkel,

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