Legal Opinion
Coleman-Fletcher v. Kaye
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 26, 1996No. 95-5439, 95-5469, 95-5708, 95-5742UnknownCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
COWEN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Barbara A. Coleman 1 appeals an order of the district court granting defendant-appellee Monmouth County’s posttrial motion to vacate a jury verdict of $15,000 in compensatory damages and $350,-000 in punitive damages based upon three findings of intentional sex discrimination. The principal questions we must decide are whether county prosecutors in New Jersey act as state or county officials when they make personnel decisions and whether the district court properly exercised in person-am jurisdiction. We hold that county prosecutors…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- 71 Fair empl.prac.cas. (Bna) 236, 34 fed.r.serv.3d 1379 Barbara Coleman, Nos. 95-5439/5742 v. John Kaye, Individually, and in His Capacity as Monmouth County Prosecutor County Prosecutor's Office of the County of Monmouth John Does, 1-100 Jane Does, 1-100, County of Monmouth, Intervenor in D.C. Barbara Coleman v. John Kaye, Individually, and in His Capacity as Monmouth County Prosecutor the County Prosecutor's Office of the County of Monmouth John Does, 1-100 Jane Does, 1-100, County of Monmouth, Intervenor in D.C., John Kaye, Nos. 95-5469/5708Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1996
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