Legal Opinion

Suarez v. Junta Dental Examinadora

District Court, D. Puerto Rico

Decided January 31, 1984No. Civ. No. 82-1306(CC)PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

CEREZO, District Judge.

A group of dentists who completed dental studies in foreign academic institutions but who do not have the license required to practice dental surgery in Puerto Rico filed this civil rights action (42 U.S.C. § 1983) against the Board of Dental Examiners of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and its members claiming that the Board’s refusal to permit them to take the practical and theoretical examinations required to practice dental surgery in Puerto Rico violated their rights under the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the United States…

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