Legal Opinion
Salinas v. O'Neill
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 9, 2002No. 01-40495PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
The United States, through the Secretary of the Treasury, appeals the denial of a motion for remittitur following a jury award in the trial of a retaliation claim by customs agent Romeo Salinas. We vacate and remand the award and order a remitti-tur unless Salinas elects a new trial on damages.
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Salinas has worked for the Customs Service since 1982, first in Louisiana, and now in Texas. By July 1996, he had risen to the rank of GS-12. In October 1996, in response to a vacancy announcement for GS-13 positions, Salinas and six others were placed on a selection…
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