[DOWNLOAD] "Acevedo-Diaz v. Aponte" by United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Acevedo-Diaz v. Aponte
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- Release Date : January 03, 1993
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 72 KB
Description
CYR, Circuit Judge. In November 1984, Jose E. Aponte, the candidate of the Popular Democratic Party ("PDP"), was elected mayor of the Municipality of Carolina ("City"), Puerto Rico, defeating the incumbent mayor, Roberto Iglesias, the candidate of the New Progressive Party ("NPP"). During his first year in office, Mayor Aponte either terminated, or refused to renew, several hundred non-policymaking city employees hired under the previous administration. In letters of dismissal to the employees, Aponte claimed that the City faced a severe fiscal crisis, and disclosed various criteria for determining which municipal employees were to be terminated in order to effect the necessary economies: