Legal Opinion
Jose Granados Navedo v. Hector Luis Acevedo, Georgina Carmona O'Neill v. Marcos Rodriguez Estrada, Carmen D. Osorio Velez v. Marcos Rodriguez Estrada
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 15, 1991No. 91-1060 to 91-1062PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Per curiam
In the appealed cases, the federal district court was asked to review, on federal constitutional grounds, various alleged irregularities occurring in the extremely close election in 1988 for the Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The court initially abstained in order to allow state proceedings to run their course. Granados-Navedo v. Acevedo, 703 F.Supp. 170 (D.P.R.1988). Thereafter, in an extensive, carefully considered opinion, Granados-Navedo v. Acevedo, 752 F.Supp. 523 (D.P.R.1990), the district court determined, after an extensive evidentiary hearing of its own, that the asserted…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Lloyd T. Griffin v. Robert F. Burns, Etc., Thomas A. McCormickCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- Constance Sherbill Henry v. Michael J. Connolly, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Navedo v. AcevedoDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1990
- Granados-Navedo v. AcevedoDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1988
3Cited by5 opinions
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