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IGARTUA DE LA ROSA v. U.S.

No. 00-2083.

229 F.3d 80 (2000)

Gregorio IGARTUA DE LA ROSA, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant, Appellant. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 13, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew M. Collette, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, with whom Jacob M. Lewis, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, David W. Ogden, Assistant Attorney General, and Guillermo Gil, U.S. Attorney, were on brief, for appellant.

Gregorio Igartua for appellee.

Angel E. Rotger Sabat, Attorney General, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and Gustavo A. Gelpi, Solicitor General, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, with whom John F. Nevares, Carlos Lugo-Fiol, and Smith and Nevares, were on brief, for intervenor-appellee Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Charles J. Cooper, Michael A. Carvin, Jeffrey A. Tomasevich, and Cooper, Carvin & Rosenthal on brief for amicus curiae Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, LYNCH and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

On April 5, 2000 a complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico by eleven individuals alleging that as citizens of the United States residing in Puerto Rico they are being deprived of the right to vote for the candidates to the offices of President and Vice-President of the United States, a condition which they view to be a "violation of their constitutional rights to the same privileges and immunities, treaty...

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