United States First Circuit

A jury award for compensatory and punitive damages by employees of the Administration of Corrections in Puerto Rico is upheld in this civil rights lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. - 1983, since plaintiffs presented ample evidence that their demotions were improper, and unlawfully made based on political-party affiliation

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/16/2006
• Published 02/16/2006

Judges

• TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, LIPEZ and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Isabel M. Rodríguez-Casellas, with whom Sánchez Betances, Sifre, Muñoz-Noya & Rivera P.S.C. and Milagros del Carmen López, were on brief, for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Francisco R. González-Colón, with whom F.R. González Law Office, was on brief, for appellees.