Legal Opinion
Schneider v. Colegio De Abogados De Puerto Rico
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided June 16, 1983No. Civ. 82-1459, 82-1513, 82-1514 and 82-1532PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.
The issues presented by these cases go to the very heart of the speech and associational freedoms protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. More accurately stated, these cases involve Plaintiffs’ constitutional “right not to speak or associate at all — that is, a right to be free from governmental compulsion to engage in speech or associational activities.” 1 In these actions, all filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Plaintiffs challenge the prospective 2 validity of various Puerto Rican statutes which create, 3 and…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. FeldmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Annie Lee Hudson v. The Chicago Teachers Union Local No. 1Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico v. SchneiderSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1986
- Barrios-Velazquez v. Asociacion De Empleados Del Estado Libre Asociado De Puerto RicoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996
- Schneider v. Colegio de Abogados de Puerto RicoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Keller v. State BarCalifornia Supreme Court · 1989
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