Legal Opinion
Santiago Collazo v. Franqui Acosta
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided August 28, 1989No. Civ. 89-363 (JP)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
PIERAS, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, the Municipality of Vieques, Puerto Rico, and its mayor (in both her personal and official capacities) brought this action against various officials of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico alleging basically that:
It has been the policy of the Municipal Services Administration and its Administrator and Director of Federal Programs to give preference in assignment of funds [under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 5301-5320] to members of the Popular Democratic Party and to discriminate against members of…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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