Legal Opinion
Bessie A. Kauffman v. Puerto Rico Telephone Company
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 3, 1988No. 87-1503PublishedCited by 275 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs, ten former employees of the Puerto Rico Telephone Company (“PRTC”), appeal from a summary judgment entered by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico in favor of the defendants, PRTC, the Puerto Rico Telephone Authority (“PRTA”), and certain individual PRTC officials. The plaintiffs claimed that the defendants discharged them because of their affiliations with the New Progressive Party (“NPP”), in violation of the First Amendment, and that the defendants’ failure to provide them with notice and hearing prior to dismissal violated…
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3Cited by275 opinions
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