Legal Opinion
Ocasio-Hernandez v. Fortuno-Burset
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 1, 2011No. 09-2207PublishedCited by 1,890 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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 (“Fortuño”), President of Puerto Rico’s New Progressive Party (“NPP”). The complaint named four principal defendants, in both their…
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