Legal Opinion
Bisbal-Ramos v. City of Mayagüez
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 11, 2006No. 04-2568 to 04-2570PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Pedro Bisbal-Ramos appeals from the district court’s reduction of the compensatory and punitive damages awarded him by a jury in his suit against the City of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, and Roberto Pér-ez-Colón, the President of the Mayagüez Municipal Assembly, alleging harassment and termination of employment in violation of his First Amendment rights. Bisbal also contends that the district judge who reduced the damages should not have done so because he was not the same judge who presided at trial. The City 1 cross-appeals, arguing that there was no evidence to…
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