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ROMERO v. COLEGIO DE ABOGADOS DE PUERTO RICO

No. 99-1565.

204 F.3d 291 (2000)

Carlos A. ROMERO, Jr., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. COLEGIO DE ABOGADOS DE PUERTO RICO and Harry Anduze, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 29, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Post for appellant.

Carlos A. Rodriguez Vidal, with whom Ricardo Ortiz Colon was on brief, for appellees.

Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge, and O'TOOLE, District Judge.

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Puerto Rico has an integrated bar: all lawyers admitted to practice in Puerto Rico must join the Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico ("Colegio"), the Puerto Rico bar association. As a condition of membership, attorneys must purchase life insurance from the Colegio's group life insurance program. The costs of that insurance are far from negligible; in some years the insurance premium has constituted 72% of the dues.

Carlos A. Romero, Jr...

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