Legal Opinion
Vega Matta v. Alvarez De Choudens
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided February 25, 1977No. Civ. 75-841PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND JUDGMENT
PESQUERA, District Judge.
This is an action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and its jurisdictional counterpart, 28 U.S.C. § 1343, seeking money damages and equitable relief. Plaintiff alleges that defendants terminated his employment in an arbitrary and discriminatory manner, depriving him of the rights and privileges secured to him by the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States.
Upon filing the complaint, plaintiff applied for a temporary restraining order. The Court denied said application and in lieu thereof issued an order to show…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by13 opinions
- United Food Workers Union, Locals 197, 373, 428, 588, 775, 839, 870, 1119, 1179 & 1532 v. Alpha Beta Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Mahlon M. Delong v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1980
- Lee Y. Sanderford, Ella v. Yarborough v. Prudential Insurance Company of America, Defendant/third-Party v. Daniel Kikly, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
- Danforth v. DanforthMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983
- Andrews v. Time, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1988
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