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Harris v. Rivera Cruz

District Court, D. Puerto Rico

Decided March 27, 1989No. Civ. 88-0692 (JP)PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

PIERAS, District Judge.

The plaintiffs in this case have petitioned for preliminary permanent injunctions against the Real Estate Examining Board’s changing its policy of giving the real estate broker’s exam in both English and Spanish to a policy of giving the exam only in Spanish. The complaint stated a cause of action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the U.S. Constitution for deprivation of plaintiffs’ equal protection of the laws, and the Court so ruled in a hearing on July 15, 1988. Despite a request by the Court to submit argumentation on the fourteenth-amendment issues, and…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Zobel v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Salim Aoude v. Mobil Oil CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
  3. Boston Teachers Union, Local 66 v. EdgarCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
  4. Ainsworth Aristocrat International Pty. Ltd. v. Tourism Co. of Puerto RicoDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1988

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Dimarco-Zappa v. CabanillasCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
  2. Yniguez v. Arizonans for Official EnglishCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
  3. Yniguez v. Arizonans for Official EnglishCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
  4. Fulcher Harris v. Rivera CruzCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
  5. Maria-Kelley F. Yniguez Jaime P. Gutierrez, and Arizonans Against Constitutional Tampering, Intervenors-Plaintiffs-Appellees, and State of Arizona Rose Mofford Robert Corbin v. Arizonans for Official English Robert D. Parks, Intervenors-Defendants-Appellants. Maria-Kelley F. Yniguez v. State of Arizona Rose Mofford Robert Corbin, and Arizonans for Official English Robert D. Parks, Intervenors-Defendants-Appellants. Maria-Kelley F. Yniguez v. State of Arizona Rose Mofford Robert CorbinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995

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