Legal Opinion
Barbaro Flores v. Stanley J. Pierce
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 7, 1980No. 77-2903PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:
This civil rights action was commenced in district court by two Mexican-Americans who alleged that officials of the City of Calistoga, California, delayed issuance of a liquor license to them by filing official protests motivated by a purpose to discriminate on the basis of race or national origin. A jury rendered a verdict against the city officials, who now appeal from the judgment against them.
The principal issues here are whether the evidence was sufficient to support a finding that there was a constitutional violation resulting in damage, and whether the trial…
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