Legal Opinion
Romero v. Colegio De Abogados De Puerto Rico
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 1, 2000No. 99-1565PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Puerto Rico has an integrated bar: all lawyers admitted to practice in Puerto Rico must join the Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico (“Colegio”), the Puerto Rico bar association. As a condition of membership, attorneys must purchase life insurance from the Colegio’s group life insurance program. The costs of that insurance are far from negligible; in some years the insurance premium has constituted 72% of the dues.
Carlos A. Romero, Jr., an attorney admitted to practice in Puerto Rico, filed a civil rights action in federal district court challenging the mandatory life…
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