Legal Opinion
Gomez-Candelaria v. Rivera-Rodriguez
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 18, 2003No. 02-1529, 02-1838, 02-2076 and 02-2077PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
These appeals involve claims of politically motivated discharges. The twenty-four plaintiffs, all former employees of the Municipality of Gurabo (the Municipality), are members of the New Progressive Party (NPP). They sued three defendants — the Municipality, its mayor, José A. Rivera Rodriguez (the Mayor), and its human resources director, Luz E. Rivera-Oyola— under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that a politically discriminatory animus accounted for their sudden unemployment.
The plaintiffs convinced both a jury and the district court of the accuracy of this claim; the jury…
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