CRUZ v. MELECIO

No. 99-1960.

204 F.3d 14 (2000)

Pedro Oscar CRUZ, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Juan R. MELECIO, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 17, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roberto A. Fernandez for appellants.

Pedro A. Delgado, with whom O'Neill & Borges was on brief, for defendants-appellees.

Gustavo A. Gelpi, Solicitor General, Puerto Rico Dep't of Justice, for intervenor-appellee.

Before Selya, Boudin and Lynch, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

The appellants in this case challenge the constitutionality of certain provisions of Puerto Rico law regulating ballot access on the part of political parties. Their appeal asks us to set aside an order of the district court dismissing their complaint and to grant declaratory and injunctive relief. Resolving this dilemma requires us to confront complex and highly nuanced questions of comity, federalism, and the proper use of federal judicial...

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