Legal Opinion
Acevedo-Garcia v. Vera-Monroig
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 19, 2004No. 03-2103, 03-2292PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
In these appeals, we address the willful and longstanding efforts of a Puerto Rico municipality, its mayor, and its personnel director to obstruct and delay the payment of a $6.9 million jury award in a civil rights case. This is the fourth time this case has come before this court. 1
In November 2001, a jury awarded verdicts totaling $6,956,400 against the Municipality of Adjuntas in Puerto Rico (the Town), its mayor, Roberto Vera-Monroig (Vera), and its personnel director, Irma Gonzalez-Delgado (Gonzalez). The jury found that the defendants had engaged in political…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- City of Newport v. Fact Concerts, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Branti v. FinkelSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Walker v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Smilow v. Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2003
- Acevedo-Garcia v. Vera-MonroigCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
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