Legal Opinion
Negron-Almeda v. Santiago
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 26, 2009No. 08-2360PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs were employees of a government agency in Puerto Rico. After being dismissed, they brought suit for political discrimination in violation of the First Amendment. They sought, among other things, reinstatement to their former positions. By the time plaintiffs obtained a jury verdict in their favor, their former employer no longer existed, and its assets had been transferred by the legislature to another entity, the Puerto Rico Trade and Export Company (“COMEX”). COMEX moved to intervene, but the district court denied the motion while still ordering the remedy of…
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