Legal Opinion
Dimarco-Zappa v. Cabanillas
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 19, 2001No. 00-1155PublishedCited by 118 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.
Appellants are members of the Puerto Rico Real Estate Examining Board who have been found personally liable in damages for violating the constitutional rights of appellee Joanna DiMarco-Zappa in connection with her application for a real estate license. We find appellants’ arguments as to qualified immunity and § 1983 liability respectively unpersuasive or waived at the district court level. We also find that the district court correctly applied the relevant law as to the availability of compensatory and punitive damages, and did not abuse its discretion as to the…
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