Legal Opinion
His Excellency Vincente Cuesnongle v. Hector Ramos, Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs of Puerto Rico
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 10, 1983No. 82-1904PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAILEY ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.
As in Surinach v. Pesquera de Busquéis, 1 Cir., 1979, 604 F.2d 73, this is a suit seeking to have declared unconstitutional an action taken by the Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs of Puerto Rico (DACO), established by Law No. 5 of April 23, 1973, 3 L.P.R.A. Secs. 341a-341v, as an improper entanglement between church and state. In Surinaeh the matter of religion was conceded; the issue was the degree of interference, which we found excessive. Here there is no question that there was interference; the issue is religion. Plaintiffs seeking…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Pierce v. Society of SistersSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Wood v. StricklandSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Shelton v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by29 opinions
- His Excellency, Vincente Cuesnongle, O.P. v. Hector R. Ramos, Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs of the Commonwealth of Puerto RicoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
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- Universidad Central De Bayamon v. National Labor Relations Board, and Union De Profesores Universitarios, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- Miller v. Loyola University of New OrleansLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2002
- Consejo de Educación Superior v. Universidad InteramericanaSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1987
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