EL DIA, INC. v. ROSSELLO

No. CIV. A. 97-2841 (JAF).

30 F.Supp.2d 160 (1998)

EL DIA, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Governor Pedro ROSSELLO, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

November 24, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arturo Trias, Trias, Acevedo & Otero, San Juan, PR, Bruce W. Sanford, Mark A. Cymrot, Frederick W. Chockley, Robert D. Lystad, Bruce D. Brown, Baker and Hostetler LLP, Washington, DC, for El Dia, Inc., Puerto Rican Cement Company, Inc., Desarrollos Multiples Insulares, Inc., plaintiffs.

John M. Garcia-Nokonechna, Garcia & Fernandez Law Offices, Hato Rey, PR, James F. Hibey, Lisa K. Hsiao, Verner, Liipert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand, Chartered, Washington, DC, Elfrick Mendez-Morales, Department of Justice of PR, Federal Litigation Division, San Juan, PR, William Sherman, Washington, DC, Joseph D. Steinfield, Hill & Barlow, Boston, MA, for Pedro Rossello, defendant.

Steven C. Lausell-Stewart, Jimenez, Graffam & Lausell, San Juan, PR, Alberto Rodriguez-Ramos, Martinez, Odell & Calabria, Hato Rey, PR, Elfrick Mendez-Morales, Department of Justice of PR, Federal Litigation Division, San Juan, PR, Adam J. Hodkin, Roma W. Theus II, Brian K. Hole, Holland and Knight LLP, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Norma Burgos, defendant.

Andres Guillemard-Noble, Nachman, Guillemard & Rebollo, Santurce, PR, Elfrick Mendez-Morales, Department of Justice of PR, Federal Litigation Division, San Juan, PR, David H. Marion, Jeremy D. Mishkin, Montgomery, McCracker, Philadelphia, PA, for Angel Morey, defendant.

Frank Gotay-Barquet, Feldstein, Gelpi, Hernandez & Gotay, Old San Juan, PR, William L. Patton, Boston, MA, Thomas B. Smith, Douglas Hallward-Deiemeier, Ropes & Gray, Washington, DC, for Pedro Rosario-Urdaz, defendant.

David C. Indiano-Vicic, Indiano, Williams & Weinstein-Bacal, Hato Rey, PR, Elfrick Mendez-Morales, Department of Justice of PR, Federal Litigation Division, San Juan, PR, for Jose A. Alicea-Rivera, defendant.

Luis Berrios-Amadeo, Cancio, Nadal, Rivera & Diaz, San Juan, PR, Elfrick Mendez-Morales, Department of Justice of PR, Federal Litigation Division, San Juan, PR, Sheldon H. Nahmod, Chicago, IL, for Maria Gordillo, Jose Caballero, Jose Rios-Davila, defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

FUSTE, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, El Día, Inc. ("El Día"), publisher of one of Puerto Rico's principal newspapers, El Nuevo Día; the Puerto Rican Cement Company, Inc. ("P.R. Cement"); and Desar-rollos Múltiples Insulares, Inc., P.R. Cement's wholly-owned subsidiary, bring this action alleging that Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Rosselló and his administration violated their constitutional right to freedom...

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