BROWN v. COLEGIO DE ABOGADOS DE PUERTO RICO

No. 08-2432.

613 F.3d 44 (2010)

Herbert W. BROWN III; José L. Ubarri; David W. Román, Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. COLEGIO DE ABOGADOS DE PUERTO RICO, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 23, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold D. Vicente with whom Nelson N. Cordova-Morales and Vicente & Cuebas were on brief for appellant.

David C. Indiano with whom Seth A. Erbe, María Ligia Giráldez, Indiano & Williams, P.S.C., Andrés W. López and The Law Offices of Andrés W. López were on brief for appellees.

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


BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico ("Colegio") is a state-created, integrated bar association; membership has been statutorily required in order to practice law before the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico's courts. P.R. Laws Ann. tit. 4, § 774 (2009). At the time the present dispute began, Colegio had for many years provided compulsory life insurance to its members, funded by a portion of their annual...

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