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RAMIREZ v. ARLEQUIN

No. 05-1494.

447 F.3d 19 (2006)

Reinaldo RAMÍREZ; Remexcel Managerial Consultants, Inc.; Maria S. Kortright, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Edgardo ARLEQUÍN, Mayor of the Municipality of Guayanilla, in his official and personal capacity; Municipality of Guayanilla, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 3, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pedro R. Vázquez, III for appellants.

Jorge Martínez-Luciano and Gina Ismalia Gutiérrez-Galang, with whom Carlos Del Valle-Cruz was on brief, for appellees.

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, JOHN R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge , and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

We are called upon to decide whether a deliberate executive decision by a state actor, based only on a partisan political change of administration, to deprive independent contractors of a payment to which they are legally entitled, violates the contractors' First Amendment rights. We hold that it does. Accordingly, we reverse the district court's dismissal of the First Amendment claims of Remexcel Managerial Consultants, Inc., and Maria...

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