Negrón-Almeda v. Santiago

SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge.

Following a jury verdict in an employment discrimination case premised on a claim of political connivance, the district court used its equitable powers to augment the verdict. That action, along with the court’s refusal to allow the affected public corporation to intervene in the post-verdict proceedings, have produced a series of conundra, with which we must now grapple.

After careful consideration of a meandering record, we reverse the court’s grant of equitable relief in the nature of both reinstatement and backpay. Recognizing, however, that there is still work…