Legal Opinion
In Re the Justices of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, in Re Colegio De Abogados De Puerto Rico, and Fundacion Colegio De Abogados
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 8, 1982No. 82-1538, 82-1573PublishedCited by 129 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
The petitioners in these cases, the Puerto Rico Bar Association (the “Colegio”), the Bar Association Foundation (the “Fundación”), and the Justices of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, seek writs of mandamus to compel the federal district court to dismiss suits that five local attorneys have brought against them. The suits, which are brought against other Commonwealth defendants as well, are part of an ongoing course of litigation attacking the constitutionality of statutes that require members of the Puerto Rico bar to support the Colegio. While the petitions were…
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