Legal Opinion
Chardon v. Fumero Soto
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 20, 1983No. 82-271PublishedCited by 267 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stevens
Petitioners, Puerto Rican educational officials, demoted respondents from nontenured supervisory positions to teaching or lower-level administrative posts in the public school system because of respondents’ political affiliations. Shortly before Puerto Rico’s 1-year statute of limitations would have expired, a class action was filed against petitioners on re*652spondents’ behalf under 42 U. S. C. §1983. Subsequently class certification was denied because the class was not sufficiently numerous. The parties agree that the statute of limitations was tolled during the pendency of the §1983 class…
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