Legal Opinion
Schneider v. Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 24, 1990No. Nos. 88-1937 to 88-1939PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
This case requires us to add another chapter, still not the final one, to an already lengthy saga concerning the constitutionality of Puerto Rico’s system of mandatory bar membership. In the decision on appeal, the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico held that compelled membership in the bar association known as the Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico (“Colegio”) is unconstitutional in its present form. Schneider v. Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico, 682 F.Supp. 674 (D.P.R.1988). The district court also invalidated statutes requiring that…
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