Legal Opinion
Diaz-Vazquez v. Alvarez-Rubio
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 3, 2015No. 14-1050, 14-1052PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
These two appeals arise out of similar lawsuits in which plaintiffs, current and previous employees of the Puerto Rico State Insurance Fund Corporation (SIFC), have alleged that defendants, the SIFC and its high-level administrators, selectively enforced Puerto Rico’s merit principle against them. This “selective enforcement” is said to be in violation of the Equal Protection Clause. U.S. Const, amend. XIV, § 1.
Plaintiffs were appointed from 2001 to 2008 to career managerial positions at the SIFC. Control of the Puerto Rico government changed parties in early 2009. A later…
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