United States First Circuit
Torres-Santiago v. Municipality of Adjuntas, 10-2248
In plaintiffs' civil rights action against a municipality and various defendants, claiming defendants engaged in unlawful political discrimination in violation of the U.S. Constitution and the laws and Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, district court's award of almost $60,000 in attorney fees against the plaintiffs is reversed and remanded, where plaintiffs' lawsuit was not so frivolous or unreasonable as to justify an award of fees to the defendants.
Appellate Information
- Decided 09/07/2012
- Published 09/07/2012
Judges
- Lipez
Court
- United States First Circuit