PRISMA ZONA EXPLORATORIA v. CALDERON

No. 01-2612.

310 F.3d 1 (2002)

PRISMA ZONA EXPLORATORIA DE PUERTO RICO, INC., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Hon. Sila Maria CALDERON, personally and in her official capacity as Governor of Puerto Rico and as President of the Children's Trust Fund; Juan Agosto-Alicea, personally and in his official capacity as President of the Government Development Bank of Puerto Rico and as Vice-President of the Children's Trust Fund; Jorge Pesquera, personally; Milton Segarra-Pancorbo, personally and in his official capacity as Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company; Jose V. Pagan, personally and in his official capacity as Executive Director of the Children's Trust Fund; The Children's Trust Fund; Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico; John Doe; George Doe 01CV1836; Jane Doe, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 16, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luis G. Rullan-Marin with whom Zoraida Buxo-Santiago, Rullan & Buxo, PSC, Jane Becker-Whitaker and Law Offices of Jane Becker Whitaker, PSC were on brief for appellant.

Rafael Escalera-Rodriguez with whom Nestor J. Navas and Reichard & Escalera were on brief for institutional defendants.

Camella Fernandez-Romeu, Assistant Solicitor General, with whom Roberto J. Sanchez-Ramos, Solicitor General, and Vanessa Lugo Flores, Deputy Solicitor General, were on brief for individual defendants.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and SELYA, Circuit Judge.


BOUDIN, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff Prisma Zona Exploratoria de Puerto Rico, Inc. ("Prisma Zona") sued the Children's Trust Fund of Puerto Rico (the "Trust Fund") and others (including several high officials in the Puerto Rican government) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000). Prisma Zona claims that the defendants discriminated against it because of its affiliation with a rival political party, in violation of its rights under the First Amendment and to due process and...

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