United States First Circuit

Puerto Rico municipality was properly required to include in its annual budget a sum sufficient to satisfy the judgment in a 2001 civil rights case; the amount of the budget-inclusion order is vacated and remanded.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/19/2004
• Published 05/19/2004

Judges

• LYNCH, Circuit Judge., Before SELYA, Circuit Judge;  COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge;  and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jorge Martinez Luciano, with whom Johanna Emmanuelli and Law Offices of Pedro Ortiz ́Alvaraz, P.S.C. were on brief, for the Municipality of Adjuntas and the individual appellants in their official capacities., Luis Villares Sarmiento, with whom Sanchez-Betances & Sifre, P.S.C. was on brief, for the individual appellants in their personal capacities.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gael Mahony, with whom Pamela O'Brien, Holland & Knight LLP and Israel Roldan-Gonzalez were on brief, for appellees.