Rafael Rivera Fernandez v. Carlos Chardon, Etc.

CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

Each of these 23 cases raises the issue of when the statute of limitations began to run on an employee’s claim that he or she was wrongfully demoted or fired because of political affiliation: the precise question is whether the limitations period began upon receipt of advance notification of demotion or discharge, or whether it dated from the time the employee stopped working at the job from which he or she was removed.

The plaintiffs in these 23 cases were all employed during the 1976-1977 school year as non-tenured administrators in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico…