(DOWNLOAD) "Morales v. Vega" by First Circuit United States Court Of Appeals ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Morales v. Vega
- Author : First Circuit United States Court Of Appeals
- Release Date : January 30, 1979
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 51 KB
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This appeal raises a question of the applicability of a Puerto Rico tolling statute, 31 L.P.R.A. § 5303, to the running of the statute of limitations on plaintiff's civil rights action. Plaintiff, a former employee of the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA), was discharged on June 14, 1974. Shortly thereafter plaintiff invoked the collective bargaining grievance procedure and filed a complaint with the Grievance Committee seeking reinstatement and back pay. On August 8, 19751 the Committee upheld plaintiff's discharge. Not until January 30, 1976, more than one year after discharge but less than one year after the Committee had rendered its decision, did plaintiff commence the instant action alleging a violation of his first amendment rights of freedom of speech and association by the operation of a conspiracy among defendants, the purpose of which was to punish plaintiff for union activity by obtaining his discharge and then rigging the arbitration process to insure that the discharge would be upheld. Defendants named in the complaint fall into two groups: supervisory personnel who allegedly obtained plaintiff's dismissal and members of the Grievance Committee who voted to affirm plaintiff's dismissal. We addressed the adequacy of the allegations in plaintiff's complaint against the second group in Gual Morales v. Hernandez Vega, 579 F.2d 677 (1st Cir. 1978), and concluded that a timely cause of action had been stated as to them. We remanded, however, for a determination