Legal Opinion
His Excellency Bishop Ricardo Surinach, Etc. v. Carmen T. Pesquera De Busquets
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 25, 1979No. 78-1527PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
This litigation was instituted by the President of the Inter-Diocesan Secretariat for Catholic Education of Puerto Rico and superintendents of Roman Catholic schools in a number of Puerto Rican dioceses to have declared unconstitutional actions taken by the Secretary of Consumer Affairs of Puerto Rico to investigate the operating costs of Roman Catholic schools in the Commonwealth. Plaintiffs also sought to have the Secretary permanently enjoined from “interfering, meddling, or entangling with or in the financial affairs of the Roman Catholic Apostolic Church.”
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