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SCHNEIDER v. COLEGIO de ABOGADOS de PUERTO RICO

Nos. 88-1937 to 88-1939.

917 F.2d 620 (1990)

Robert E. SCHNEIDER, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. COLEGIO de ABOGADOS de PUERTO RICO, Defendant, Appellant. Robert E. SCHNEIDER, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. COLEGIO de ABOGADOS de PUERTO RICO, et al., Defendants, Appellees. Appeal of Carmen Ana CULPEPER, etc., et al., Defendants. Robert E. SCHNEIDER, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. COLEGIO de ABOGADOS de PUERTO RICO, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 24, 1990.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 20, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Schneider, Jr., with whom Hector L. Marquez was on brief, for Robert E. Schneider, Jr., et al.

Anabelle Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Asst. Sol. Gen., with whom Rafael Ortiz-Carrion, Sol. Gen., Jorge E. Perez Diaz, Sol. Gen., and Norma Cotti-Cruz, Deputy Sol. Gen., were on brief for Carmen Ana Culpeper, etc., et al.

Harry Anduze Montano with whom Carlos V. Garcia Gutierrez, Carlos A. Rodriguez Vidal, Pia Gallegos, Patricio Martinez, and Carlos Ramos, were on brief, for Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico.

Before CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and PIERAS, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 20, 1990.

COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

This case requires us to add another chapter, still not the final one, to an already lengthy saga concerning the constitutionality of Puerto Rico's system of mandatory bar membership. In the decision on appeal, the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico held that compelled membership in the bar association known as the Colegio de Abogados de Puerto...

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