Legal Opinion
Powell v. Alexander
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 24, 2004No. 02-2218PublishedCited by 382 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
In response to a judgment entered pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, defendant Kathleen Alexander, former City Solicitor of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, appeals from the district court’s $10,000 punitive damages award against her. First, Alexander argues that the court’s specific factual determinations underlying the award of punitive damages are clearly erroneous and that the evidence in its totality does not meet the legal standard for such an award. Second, Alexander argues that punitive damages are unavailable against her in any event because neither Powell’s complaint nor…
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