Legal Opinion
Torres-Arroyo v. Rullan
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 13, 2006No. 03-2722PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Although a jury determined that political discrimination spurred the non-renewal of the plaintiffs’ government contracts, it awarded no damages. Dissatisfied with this Pyrrhic victory, the plaintiffs appealed. We conclude that the plaintiffs have waived virtually all of their claims of error and that their only properly preserved claim lacks merit. Consequently, we affirm the judgment below.
I. BACKGROUND
The record reveals that the plaintiffs, Dr. Ernesto Torres-Arroyo (Torres) and Marcial Berríos-Cintrón (Berrios), are aligned with the New Progressive Party (NPP). During…
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- Faigin v. Kelly & CarucciCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
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