Legal Opinion
Rivera v. Monge
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided February 8, 1978No. Civ. 77-1861PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PESQUERA, District Judge.
The present action was filed by plaintiff under 42. U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3), (4) against defendants in their capacity as Justices of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against a judgment suspending him from practice as an attorney at law for a period of six months.
It is alleged that the aforementioned suspension is null and void insofar as it was effected in gross violation of plaintiff’s rights under the Constitution of the United States, particularly his due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical ExaminersSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Neal Clark v. State of Washington, and Washington State Bar Association, an Agency of State Government, the State Bar of California, Amicus CuriaeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966
- Glenn W. Bricker, M.D. v. Henry D. Crane, Jr., M.D.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1972
- E. B. Elliott Adv. Co., Henry F. Hill, Intervenor-Appellant v. Metropolitan Dade County, a Political Subdivision of the State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Fair v. GivanDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1981
- Partido Socialista Puertorriqueño v. Comisión Estatal de EleccionesSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1980
- Hermandad-Union De Empleados Del Fondo Del Seguro Del Estado v. MongeDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1985
- Town of Hopkins v. CobbDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1979
- Vazquez ex rel. Cruz v. BougalDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1981