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UNITED AUTO., AEROSPACE, AGR. v. FORTUÑO

No. 10-1069.

633 F.3d 37 (2011)

UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA INTERNATIONAL UNION, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Luis FORTUÑO, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 27, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miguel Simonet Sierra with whom Manuel A. Rodriguez Banchs was on brief for appellants.

Paul R.Q. Wolfson with whom Irene S. Soroeta-Kodesh , Solicitor General, Leticia Casalduc-Rabell , Acting Deputy Solicitor General, Zaira Z. Girón-Anadón , Acting Deputy Solicitor General, and Susana I. Peñagaricano-Brown , Assistant Solicitor General, were on brief for appellees.

Before BOUDIN, STAHL, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

STAHL, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs, a collection of labor organizations and public employees, sued Governor Luis A. Fortuño and a number of other Puerto Rico government officials (collectively "defendants") in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. The plaintiffs alleged, among other claims, that Puerto Rico's Act No. 7 violates the Contract Clause in Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution. The district court, pursuant...

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