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          Nos. 97-1231/97-1232


                            VINICIO MEDRANO DIAZ, ET AL.,


                               Plaintiffs, Appellants,


                                         v.


                       ORLANDO R. GONZALEZ HERNANDEZ, ET AL.,


                               Defendants, Appellees.


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                    APPEALS FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT


                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO


                   [Hon. Daniel R. Dominguez, U.S. District Judge]


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                                       Before


                                Selya, Circuit Judge,


                            Hill,* Senior Circuit Judge,


                             and Boudin, Circuit Judge.


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               Igor J. Dominguez and Ramon Torres Rodriguez for appellants.

               Eli B. Arroyo for appellee Vasquez-Botet.

               Victor P. Miranda Corrada on brief for remaining appellees.


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                                   August 5, 1997

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          *Of the Eleventh Circuit, sitting by designation.









                    Per  
                         Curiam. We affirm the judgment below for


          substantially the reasons set forth in the well-reasoned opinions


          of the district court and the bankruptcy court, respectively. See


          Medrano Diaz
                      v. 
                         Vasquez-Botet, 204 B.R. 842 (D.P.R. 1996); 
                                                                    Medrano


          Diaz v. Vasquez-Botet, 182 B.R. 654 (Bankr. D.P.R. 1995).




                    Affirmed.  See Loc. R. 27.1.






































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