Legal Opinion
William Cordero v. Juan De Jesus-Mendez, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 18, 1990No. 90-1364PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is the second appeal in this § 1983 action for the political firing of a number of employees of the Municipality of Moca, in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Pursuant to our decision on the first appeal, the case was remanded for a new trial on damages. Cordero v. De Jesus-Mendez, 867 F.2d 1 (1st Cir.1989). The second trial was held. The issues now before us involve the addition of prejudgment interest by the district court to the jury’s verdicts of compensatory damages, post-judgment interest, attorney’s fees and interest on attorney’s fees.
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