Legal Opinion
Romero-Barcelo v. Hernandez-Agosto
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 31, 1996No. 95-1235PublishedCited by 191 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYR, Circuit Judge.
This appeal involves the most recent installment in the ongoing Cerro Maravilla political scandal, which has engaged public attention in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for more than fifteen years, and enlisted our attention on several occasions since 1981. In this latest sequel, plaintiff Carlos RomeroBarcelo (or “appellant”) challenges a district court judgment dismissing various civil rights claims, with prejudice, based on absolute legislative immunity and failure to state a claim, and dismissing, without prejudice, certain pendent claims under Puerto Rico law. We…
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