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PARTIDO NUEVO PROGRESISTA v. GERINELDO BARRETO PEREZ

Civ. No. 80-2420.

507 F.Supp. 1164 (1980)

PARTIDO NUEVO PROGRESISTA, Rafael Rodriguez Aguaya Miguel Tirado and Luis Rodriguez Suarez, Plaintiffs, v. GERINELDO BARRETO PEREZ, Administrator, Puerto Rico Elections Commission, Defendant, Partido Popular Democratico, Intervenor.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

December 24, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Héctor M. Laffitte, Giselle López Bajandas, Enrique Bray, Héctor Reichard, Jr., Hato Rey, P. R., for plaintiffs.

Miguel Pagán, San Juan, P. R., for defendant.

Lino J. Saldaña, Santurce, P. R., for intervenor.

OPINION AND ORDER

TORRUELLA, District Judge.

This controversy arises as a by-product of the general elections held in Puerto Rico on November 4, 1980 which resulted in the closest political contest in the Commonwealth's history.

Out of approximately 1,700,000 voters who cast their ballots for the four contending parties (the New Progressive Party, NPP; the Popular Democratic Party, PDP; the Puerto Rican Independence Party, PIP; and the Puerto Rican...

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