United States First Circuit

Dismissal of plaintiffs suit, claiming that a Puerto Rico criminal libel statute is unconstitutional as applied to publications about private individuals in matters of public concern, is remanded where plaintiffs were not given the opportunity to develop the evidentiary record with respect to their claim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/02/2004
• Published 09/02/2004

Judges

• LYNCH, Circuit Judge., Before LYNCH, LIPEZ, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Juan R. Marchand Quintero on brief for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Roberto J. Sanchez Ramos, Solicitor General, Camelia Fernandez Romeu, Assistant Solicitor General, and Kenneth Pamias Velasquez, Deputy Solicitor General, on brief for Appellee.