Legal Opinion
Cortes-Reyes v. Salas-Quintana
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 17, 2010No. 08-2210PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
This political discrimination lawsuit was filed in January 2002 by thirty-six former Ranger cadets of the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (“DNER”) pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The cadets alleged that they were summarily terminated due to their political affiliation with the New Progressive Party (“NPP”), in violation of their First Amendment rights, and without notice or a hearing, in violation of their due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment. They sued three defendants, Salvador SalasQuintana, the Secretary of the DNER at the time…
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