Legal Opinion
Jaime Ramirez Morales, Etc. v. Isidoro Rosa Viera, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 25, 1987No. 86-1647PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
In the early morning hours of Sunday, March 25, 1984, Jose Luis Ramirez Vazquez was shot and killed by Puerto Rico police officer Isadoro Rosa Viera. Fifteen and one-half months later, on July 8, 1985, decedent’s father and siblings (plaintiffs) filed civil rights actions against officer Rosa Viera and the current and two former police chiefs of Puerto Rico (defendants) seeking damages for the alleged unconstitutional deprivation of life under col- or of state authority. 1 Applying the one-year Puerto Rico statute of limitations pertaining to tort actions, P.R.Laws Ann.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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3Cited by38 opinions
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