Legal Opinion
Torres-Torres v. Commonwealth of PR
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 31, 2003No. 03-2416PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Per curiam
This is a challenge to a Puerto Rican law, 21 P.R. Laws Ann. § 4101®, that permanently disqualifies as a candidate for mayor any person who has been removed from public office for misconduct. 1 Plaintiff Cesar Torres-Torres, a member of the New Progressive Party (NPP), seeks to run for mayor of the municipality of Juncos. Pursuant to § 4101(f), however, he has been barred from doing so because of his removal from that post in 1987. Objecting to such “decertification,” plaintiff filed the instant action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that the statute contravened the First and Fourteenth…
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