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COLON v. CARTER

Civ. A. Nos. 80-2104, 80-2106 and 80-2117.

507 F.Supp. 1026 (1980)

Wilfredo Marquez COLON et al., Plaintiffs, v. James CARTER, President of the United States of America et al., Defendants. Jorge COLON et al., Plaintiffs, v. James CARTER, President of the United States of America et al., Defendants. COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, Plaintiffs, v. Edmund S. MUSKIE et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

On Motion for Reconsideration — October 10, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Henke, Vinson & Elkins, Washington, D. C., Gerardo A. Carlo, San Juan, P. R., Néstor D. Ramírez-Cuebas, Dept. of Justice, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, San Juan, P. R., for Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Pedro J. Saade Llorens, Río Piedras, P. R., for plaintiffs Jorge Colón, et al.

Pedro J. Varela, Hato Rey, P. R., for plaintiffs Máquez Colón, et al.

Luis R. Dávila Colón, Dept. of State, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, San Juan, P. R., for Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

José E. Colón Santana, Josefina Pantoja, A. Santiago, Río Piedras, P. R., Fausto D. Godreau, Servicios Legales de Puerto Rico, Juana Diaz, P. R., for plaintiffs.

William Want and Dorothy Burakreis, U. S. Dept. of Justice, General Litigations Section, Sand Division, Washington, D. C., for defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER

TORRUELLA, District Judge.

The above-entitled consolidated cases arise from the decision made by executive governmental authorities to transfer to Fort Allen, Puerto Rico a number of undocumented Haitian and Cuban aliens that are presently being housed in refugee centers located in the State of Florida. Plaintiffs herein are the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as well as several individual residents of the Municipality of Juana Diaz, Puerto...

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