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PONCE v. BASKETBALL FEDER. OF COM. OF PUERTO RICO

No. 84-1705.

760 F.2d 375 (1985)

David PONCE, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. BASKETBALL FEDERATION OF the COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 1, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcos A. Ramirez, Hato Rey, P.R., with whom Marcos A. Ramirez Lavandero, Hato Rey, P.R., was on brief, for defendants, appellants.

Ralph Vallone, Jr., Hato Rey, P.R., with whom Carmen Nelida Olmeda and Neil Fleisher were on brief, for plaintiff, appellee.

Before COFFIN, Circuit Judge, WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

The question in this case is whether appellants' conduct constituted state action under the Fourteenth Amendment and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Appellee David Ponce was suspended by the Superior League from playing in its basketball tournament due to non-compliance with the eligibility rules of appellants, the Basketball Federation of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the Federation) and its Board of Governors, and the Superior Basketball League...

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