Legal Opinion
Brown v. Colegio De Abogados De Puerto Rico
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 23, 2010No. 08-2432PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico (“Colegio”) is a state-created, integrated bar association; membership has been statutorily required in order to practice law before the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico’s courts. P.R. Laws Ann. tit. 4, § 774 (2009). At the time the present dispute began, Colegio had for many years provided compulsory life insurance to its members, funded by a portion of their annual dues. The present appeal is the latest phase of litigation stemming from this compulsory insurance.
The procedural history traces back to a law suit filed in 1994. Carlos Romero,…
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