Legal Opinion
Jose Denis Rodriguez v. Juan Comas
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 7, 1989No. 87-1318PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge:
This appeal requires the Court to consider again the question of qualified immunity and to determine a principled basis for the addition of plaintiffs as pendent parties.
Jose Dennis Rodriguez, an attorney for the Municipality of San Juan, and Irma Colon Rodriguez, his wife, sued Juan Co*900mas Valle under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Puerto Rican law. They allege that Comas, a police officer for the Commonwealth, arrested Rodriguez in violation of his federal constitutional rights. The jury awarded Rodriguez $75,000 and his wife $25,000. Comas argues that he is protected from…
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