United States First Circuit
ACEVEDO-LOPEZ v. POLICE DEP'T OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, 00-1093
Puerto Rico's Eleventh Amendment immunity from suit for money damages covers ADA claims against the police department, and Law 44 of Puerto Rico, codified at 1 P.R. Laws Ann. 501, et. seq., does not constitute a waiver of Eleventh Amendment immunity from suit under the ADA.
Appellate Information
- Decided 04/26/2001
- Published 04/26/2001
Judges
- LIPEZ, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, LIPEZ, Circuit Judge, and GARCÍA-GREGORY, District Judge.
Court
- United States First Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Antonio Bauzá Torres, for appellants.
- For Appellees:
- Leticia Casalduc-Rabell, Assistant Solicitor General, with whom Gustavo A. Gelpí, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, and Rosa N. Russe-García, Deputy Solicitor General, were on brief for appellees.