The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled that neither First Amendment nor due process rights are violated by the establishment of a new structure for the Industrial Commission.
In Torres-Rivera v. Calderon-Serra, No. 04-2352, 06/14/2005, the new Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico restructured the Industrial Commission. In 1996, Governor Pedro Rosello added 20 Commissioners (increasing the total from 5 to 25), gave each Commissioner a definite term in office, and gave each Commissioner the authority to independently adjudicate each of the claims before him or h...
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