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OCASIO-HERNÁNDEZ v. FORTUÑO-BURSET

No. 09-2207.

640 F.3d 1 (2011)

Carmen M. OCASIO-HERNÁNDEZ, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Luis FORTUÑO-BURSET, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 1, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos A. Del Valle Cruz , with whom Landrón & Vera, Eileen Landrón Guardiola and Eduardo Vera Ramírez were on brief, for appellants.

Michael C. McCall , with whom Aldarondo & López Bras and Eliezer Aldarondo-Ortiz were on brief, for appellees.

Before TORRUELLA, LIPEZ, and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

This case involves a claim of political discrimination stemming from the 2008 gubernatorial election in Puerto Rico. Fourteen maintenance and domestic workers, all members of Puerto Rico's Popular Democratic Party ("PDP"), brought suit in federal district court alleging that they were unconstitutionally terminated from their public employment at the governor's mansion, La Fortaleza, shortly after the election of Governor Luis Fortuño-Burset...

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