GONZÁLEZ-DROZ v. GONZÁLEZ-COLON

Nos. 08-1437, 08-2189.

573 F.3d 75 (2009)

Efraín GONZÁLEZ-DROZ, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Luis R. GONZÁLEZ-COLON, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 23, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roberto Ariel Fernández, with whom Juan R. González Muñoz was on brief, for appellants.

Leticia Casalduc-Rabell, Solicitor General of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, with whom Maite D. Oronoz-Rodríguez, Acting Solicitor General, and Ileana Oliver Falero, Acting Deputy Solicitor General, were on brief, for appellees.

Peter A. Gaido, with whom Gaido & Fintzen was on brief, for amicus American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery.

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


LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

We consider in this appeal the denials of two requests for preliminary injunctive relief. Appellant Dr. Efraín González-Droz sued the Puerto Rico Medical Examining Board ("the Board"), the entity responsible for overseeing the practice of medicine in the Commonwealth, in the District Court of Puerto Rico. The suit challenged, on constitutional grounds, a Board regulation restricting the practice...

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