Legal Opinion
Espinal-Dominguez v. Commonwealth of PR
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 22, 2003No. 03-1551PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
By means of this interlocutory appeal, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico attempts to exploit the Supreme Court’s recent redefinition of the calculus of federalism. See, e.g., Rosie D. v. Swift, 310 F.3d 230, 231 (1st Cir.2002) (noting that the Court has “tiltfed] the scales more and more toward states’ rights”). The Commonwealth’s core contention is that the 1991 Civil Rights Act fails validly to abrogate the States’ Eleventh Amendment immunity insofar as the Act authorizes the imposition of compensatory damages in Title YII actions against the States (and against Puerto…
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