Vega-Castro v. Commonweatlh of Puer

          United States Court of Appeals
                     For the First Circuit


No. 99-1661

                  LUIS JUSINO MERCADO, ET AL.,
                     Plaintiffs, Appellants,

                               v.

              COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, ET AL.,
                     Defendants, Appellees.

                      ____________________

No. 99-1584

                  CARLOS VEGA CASTRO, ET AL.,
                    Plaintiffs, Appellants,

                               v.

              COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, ET AL.,
                     Defendants, Appellees.


                          ERRATA SHEET

     The opinion of this    Court   issued   on   May   31,   2000   is
corrected as follows:

     On page 22, lines 5-9, change the first part of the sentence
to read:   "To cinch matters, strong policy considerations —
especially those involving Congress's efforts to fulfill the
promise of the Federal Relations Act and to ensure Puerto Rico
a degree of autonomy normally associated with the states, see
Examining Bd., 426 U.S. at 594 — . . ."