SALDANA SANCHEZ v. VEGA SOSA

No. 98-2067.

175 F.3d 35 (1999)

Nilda SALDANA SANCHEZ, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Ramon VEGA SOSA, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 15, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Antonio Bauza Torres on brief for appellants.

Carlos Lugo-Fiol, Solicitor General, Edda Serrano-Blasini, Deputy Solicitor General, and Irene S. Soroeta-Kodesh, Assistant Solicitor General, on brief for appellees Vega Sosa and Ferrer.

Aldarondo & Lopez Bras, Eliezer Aldarondo Ortiz, Claudio Aliff Ortiz and Pablo Landrau Pirazzi on brief for appellee Lopez Gerena.

Before SELYA, BOUDIN and STAHL, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs, former employees of the Municipality of Humacao, alleged that they were dismissed from non-policymaking positions in the municipal government on account of their political affiliations. See Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois, 497 U.S. 62, 110 S.Ct. 2729, 111 L.Ed.2d 52 (1990); Branti v. Finkel, 445 U.S. 507, 100...

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