El Dia, Inc. v. Rossello

STAHL, Circuit Judge.

Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Rossello and other members of his administration (collectively, “the Defendants”) seek to raise a qualified immunity defense to a claim that they violated the constitutional rights of plaintiff-appellee El Dia, Inc. (“El Dia”). Specifically, the Defendants argue that they did not violate “clearly established” First Amendment law by allegedly withdrawing substantial government advertising from a newspaper to punish the paper for criticizing the Rossello administration. On this interlocutory appeal, we affirm the district court’s denial of the…