Legal Opinion
Miriam Estrada-Izquierdo v. Awilda Aponte-Roque, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 28, 1988No. 87-1567PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
Awilda Aponte Roque (Aponte), Secretary of Puerto Rico’s Department of Public Education (the Department), appeals from a judgment of the district court reinstating Miriam Estrada Izquierdo (Estrada) as superintendent of schools for the Maricao School District. The district court found that Estrada’s ouster from that position, and her assignment to a specially-created *11position as assistant superintendent in the same district, was effected by Aponte for political reasons, in violation of Estrada’s first amendment rights. Estrada is a member of the New Progressive Party…
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3Cited by36 opinions
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