Legal Opinion
Medina-Velazquez v. Hernandez-Gregorat
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 17, 2014No. 12-2492PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
Luis M. Medina-Velázquez, Juan J. Méndez-Cruz, and Héctor R. Cruz-Medina (“appellants”)-employees of , Puerto Rico’s Department of Transportation and Public Works (“DTOP”) 1 and members of Puerto Rico’s Popular Democratic Party (“PDP”)—appeal the district court’s dismissal of their claims of political discrimination in violation of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Marlene J. Paredes, the spouse of Medina-Velázquez, and Mayra Méndez-Quiñones, the spouse of Méndez-Cruz, also appeal, seeking the reinstatement of their derivative causes of action.
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