Legal Opinion
Saul Santiago-Correa v. Rafael Hernandez-Colon
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 18, 1987No. 87-1100PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
Five plaintiffs, who were formerly employed at La Fortaleza, the Executive Mansion of the Governor of Puerto Rico, appeal from a judgment of the district court in favor of the defendants, the Governor and two of his administrative assistants. In their complaint, the plaintiffs claimed that the defendants, who were members of the Popular Democratic Party, wrongfully fired them due to their affiliation with the New Progressive Party in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and Section I, Article II of the Constitution of the…
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