CINTRON v. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

Civ. Nos. 764-72, 946-72.

384 F.Supp. 674 (1974)

Tomas Torres CINTRON, on behalf of Pablo Torres Otero, and all those similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION et al., Defendants. Jairo L. VEGA, Represented by Aleja Vega, and Gilberto Melendez, represented by Maria Santiago, on behalf of themselves and all those similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

January 28, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pedro J. Varela, Legal Service Inc., Hato Rey, P. R., for plaintiffs.

Gilberto Gierbolini, Peter Ortiz, Asst. Sol. Gen., San Juan, P. R., for defendants.

Before COFFIN, Circuit Judge, CANCIO and TOLEDO, District Judges.


OPINION

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

I. FACTS

These consolidated civil rights actions were brought by public school students who were punished for violation of certain of the Regulations for Students in the Public School System of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, which regulations were promulgated by the Secretary of Education of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and approved by the State Board of Education. The students claim that the rules which they...

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