Legal Opinion

Manuel Soldevila v. Secretary of Agriculture of the United States of America, Etc.

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided March 13, 1975No. 74-1347PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COFFIN, Chief Judge.

In 1972, the appellee was appointed State Director of the Farmers Home Administration for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture. It is conceded that in the same year the appellee made available to his subordinates, federal employees, banquet tickets, to be sold at fifty dollars each, the proceeds to be donated to the campaign of Mr. Justo Mendez, a member of the New Progressive Party who was subsequently elected to the Senate of Puerto Rico.

On the basis of the sale of tickets, the Department of Agriculture, in a letter…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Arnett v. KennedySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Sampson v. MurraySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Milton Lasher v. Raymond P. ShaferCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
  4. Francis J. Savage v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971

3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Daniel J. GATELY, Et Al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, Et Al., Defendants, AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
  2. 39 Fair empl.prac.cas. 162, 38 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 35,583 Eligio Castro and Rafael Diaz Diaz v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
  3. Dolta Jo Morgan v. James C. Fletcher, Administrator, National Aeronautics and SpaceadministrationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
  4. V. Stevens Kite v. Clarence M. Kelley, Director, Federal Bureau of InvestigationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
  5. Dr. Walter A. Cervoni v. Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978

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