Legal Opinion
Garcia-Gonzalez v. Puig-Morales
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 1, 2014No. 12-2357PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
This case involves due process and political discrimination claims related to the procurement of public contracts by independent contractors. Plaintiff-Appellant Manuel A. García-González (“García”) alleges First and Fourteenth Amendment violations and seeks compensatory and punitive damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 over the rescission of a bid award for a potential, but unexecuted, insurance brokerage contract with the Puerto Rico government (the “Commonwealth” or the “government”). Defendant-Appellee Juan C. Puig-Morales (“Puig”) was Puerto Rico’s Secretary of the…
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