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Soto v. Chardon

District Court, D. Puerto Rico

Decided May 7, 1981No. Civ. 79-198PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM

GRANT, Senior District Judge, sitting by designation.

Fifty-five school teachers and administrators, plaintiffs in these 55 consolidated cases, brought individual suits charging that they were unlawfully discriminated against and demoted due to their association with and membership in the Popular Democratic Party (PDP), a political party in the Commonwealth. Each plaintiff’s theory is that Carlos A. Chardon, then Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth, and his Assistant Secretary for Personnel, Oscar Ramos, members of the governing New Progressive Party, unlawfully demoted each…

2Cases cited85 opinions

  1. Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  5. Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Chardon v. Fumero SotoSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Fernandez v. ChardonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982
  3. Díaz Maldonado v. Socorro LacotSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1989
  4. Gannon v. DaleyDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1983
  5. Rafael Rivera Fernandez v. Carlos Chardon, Etc., Juan Fumero Soto, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants v. Carlos Chardon, Etc., Defendants-Appellants-Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982

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