VAZQUEZ v. LOPEZ-ROSARIO

No. 97-1584.

134 F.3d 28 (1998)

Waldo G. VAZQUEZ, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Carlos LOPEZ-ROSARIO, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 22, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Anduze Montano, Hato Rey, PR, with whom Raul S. Mariani Franco, San Juan, PR, was on brief, for appellants.

Rafael Cuevas-Kuinlam, Hato Rey, PR, with whom Antonio Cuevas-Delgado and Cuevas, Kuinlam & Bermudez, were on brief, for appellee Carlos Lopez-Rosario.

Jaime Mayol-Bianchi, San Juan, PR, with whom Jose R. Perez-Hernandez and Pierluisi & Mayol-Bianchi, P.S.C., were on brief, for appellee Puerto Rico Marine Management, Inc.

Radames A. Torruella, Hato Rey, PR, with whom Carmencita Velazquez-Marquez, Jorge A. Antongiorgi, San Juan, PR, and McConnell Valdes, Hato Rey, PR, were on brief, for appellee Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping Authority.

Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and DICLERICO, District Judge.


LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

This case is another in a series of cases arising out of the elections in Puerto Rico in 1992, in which the New Progressive Party (NPP) won power from its rival, the Popular Democratic Party (PDP). During the current decade, plaintiffs in these cases usually have been members of the PDP who complain that the incoming NPP administration has deprived them of their government jobs in violation of their rights under the First Amendment.

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