EL DIA, INC., v. HERNANDEZ COLON

No. 91-1868.

963 F.2d 488 (1992)

EL DIA, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Rafael HERNANDEZ COLON, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 7, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lino J. Saldana, with whom Saldana, Rey & Alvarado, Marcos A. Ramirez Irizarry, and Ramirez & Ramirez were on brief, for defendant, appellant.

E. Susan Garsh, with whom Jonathan M. Albano, Bingham Dana & Gould, Daniel R. Dominquez, Carmen Irizarry de Dominguez, and Dominguez & Totti were on brief, for plaintiffs, appellees.

James E. O'Connell, Jr., Murphy and O'Connell, Jane E. Kirtley, and Rebecca Daugherty on brief, for Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, amicus curiae.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, SELYA and CYR, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

The Governor of Puerto Rico appeals from a judgment that struck down an Executive Order on constitutional grounds. El Dia, Inc. v. Hernandez Colon, 783 F.Supp. 15 (D.P.R.1991). We direct the district court to vacate its grant of declaratory and injunctive relief.

I. THE EXECUTIVE ORDER

On April 15, 1991, in the roiled wake of a bitter controversy...

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