OLMEDA v. ORTIZ-QUINONEZ

No. 04-2596.

434 F.3d 62 (2006)

Luz H. OLMEDA; Omar Marrero-Olmeda; Kathleen Marrero-Olmeda, Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Hermenegildo ORTÍZ-QUIÑÓNEZ; José Auger-Marchand; Carmen Modesta Carrero-Torres; Wanda Marrero-Velasquez; and Reinaldo Alegría-Rodríguez, in their personal capacities; Angel D. Rodríguez, in his personal and official capacity as President of the Puerto Rico Planning Board, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 12, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eduardo A. Vera-Ramírez with whom Roberto Sanchez-Ramos, Secretary of Justice, Salvador Antonetti, Solicitor General, Jo Ann Estades-Boyer, Director, Federal Litigation Division, Department of Justice, Eileen Landrón-Guardiola and Landrón & Vera, LLP were on brief for appellants.

Carlos R. Ramírez with whom John F. Nevares and John F. Nevares & Associates, PSC were on brief for appellees.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, SELYA, Circuit Judge, and SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.


BOUDIN, Chief Judge.

Luz Olmeda, who holds degrees in law and economics, has been employed by the Puerto Rico Planning Board for over twenty years. The Board is a legislatively created agency of the Puerto Rico government, comprising part of the governor's office and endowed with a broad mandate in the field of economic and social planning for Puerto Rico. 23 L.P.R.A. §§ 62a, 62c. Among other things, it is charged with crafting zoning and land use regulations...

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