EL DIA, INC. v. ROSSELLO

No. CIV. 97-2841 JAF.

20 F.Supp.2d 296 (1998)

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

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

August 28, 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 Co., Inc., Desarrollos Multiples Insulares, Inc.

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

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

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

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.

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

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


OPINION AND ORDER

FUSTE, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, El Día, Inc., publisher of Puerto Rico's principal newspaper, El Nuevo Día, Puerto Rican Cement Company, Inc. (Puerto Rican Cement), and Desarrollos Múltiples Insulares, Inc., bring suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Defendants Pedro Rosselló, Press Secretary Pedro Rosario-Urdaz, Chief of Staff Angel Morey, Secretary of State Norma Burgos, Secretary of Consumer...

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