Luis Felix Blanco Lugo (November 20, 1921 – October 28, 1973) was a judge who served as an

associate justice Associate justice or associate judge (or simply associate) is a judicial panel member who is not the chief justice in some jurisdictions. The title "Associate Justice" is used for members of the Supreme Court of the United States and some state ...

on the

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from 1961 until 1970.

Life

Born in

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, Lugo studied law at the

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from 1939 to 1942. After obtaining his

law degree A law degree is an academic degree conferred for studies in law. Such degrees are generally preparation for legal careers. But while their curricula may be reviewed by legal authority, they do not confer a license themselves. A legal license is gra ...

, Lugo was a legal official for Chief Justice of the Puerto Rico Supreme Court

Emilio del Toro Cuebas Emilio del Toro Cuebas (June 4, 1876 in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico – November 10, 1955 in Carolina, Puerto Rico) served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico from 1909 until 1922. Born in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico in 1876, earned his ...

and Associate Justice A. Cecil Snyder. In 1961 he was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico by Governor

Luis Muñoz Marín José Luis Alberto Muñoz Marín (February 18, 1898April 30, 1980) was a Puerto Rican journalist, politician, statesman and was the first elected governor of Puerto Rico, regarded as the "Architect of the Puerto Rico Commonwealth." In 1948 he ...

. He died on October 28, 1973, in

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, at age 51.

Sources

*''La Justicia en sus Manos'' by Luis Rafael Rivera, 1921 births 1973 deaths Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico People from Fajardo, Puerto Rico 20th-century Puerto Rican lawyers University of Puerto Rico alumni 20th-century American judges {{US-state-judge-stub