Legal Opinion
Luis O. Juarbe-Angueira v. Luis Rafael Arias, Director of the Public Building Authority
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 29, 1987No. 86-2012PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
In March 1985, the Director of the Public Building Authority of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the “PBA Director”) dismissed Luis Juarbe Angueira from his job as the PBA’s Regional Director for the Aguadilla Region. Juarbe Angueira subsequently brought suit, claiming that his dismissal violated the United States Constitution. He said that the PBA Director dismissed him because he was a member of the New Progressive Party (the “NPP”) and that the First Amendment protected him from such a “politically based” discharge. Branti v. Finkel, 445 U.S. 507, 100 S.Ct. 1287, 63…
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