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GONZÁLEZ-CANCEL v. PARTIDO NUEVO PROGRESISTA

No. 12-1243.

696 F.3d 115 (2012)

Iván GONZÁLEZ-CANCEL; José Barbosa, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. PARTIDO NUEVO PROGRESISTA; Comisión Estatal de Elecciones, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 2, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rubén T. Nigaglioni , with whom Nigaglioni Law Offices P.S.C. was on brief, for appellants.

David C. Indiano , with whom Seth A. Erbe and Indiano & Williams, P.S.C. were on brief, for appellee Partido Nuevo Progresista.

José L. Nieto-Mingo , with whom Nieto Law Offices was on brief, for appellee Comisión Estatal de Elecciones.

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

THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Iván González-Cancel aspired to run for Governor of Puerto Rico as Partido Nuevo Progresista's ("PNP") candidate in the 2012 general election. But when he applied for the job, PNP said he was not qualified. Unhappy with PNP's decision, he and José Barbosa, a supporter of González-Cancel's candidacy, sued PNP and Puerto Rico's Elections Commission, the Comisión Estatal de Elecciones ("the Elections Commission...

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