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SCHNEIDER v. COLEGIO de ABOGADOS de PUERTO RICO

Civ. Nos. 82-1459 (TR), 82-1513, 82-1514 and 82-1532.

682 F.Supp. 674 (1988)

Robert E. SCHNEIDER, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs, v. COLEGIO de ABOGADOS de PUERTO RICO, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

March 3, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oreste V. Ramos Diaz, pro se.

Jorge F. Romany, pro se.

Jorge Souss Shidrewa, pro se.

Héctor L. Márquez, Hato Rey, P.R., Robert E. Schneider, Jr., Santurce, P.R., Hector Urgell Cuebas, San Juan, P.R., Jorge L. Marquez, for plaintiffs.

Robert E. Schneider, Jr., pro se.

Pedro A. del Valle Ferrer, Federal Litigation Div., Dept. of Justice, San Juan, P.R., for Secretaries of Justice and Treasury.

Harry Anduze Montaño, Santurce, P.R., for Colegio and Fundación de Abogados.

Miriam Naveira de Rodón, Santurce, P.R., José Julián Alvarez González, University of Puerto Rico, School of Law, Río Piedras, P.R., Salvador Antonetti, Jay García Gregory, San Juan, P.R., for Justices of Supreme Court.

OPINION AND ORDER

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

I. History of the case

Plaintiffs in this case have presented the court with a challenge, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, to the requirement that they belong to the integrated bar association, the Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico ("Colegio" or the "Bar"), as a condition to the practice of law in Puerto Rico. The Association is funded through compulsory annual dues and the proceeds from stamps that...

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