Legal Opinion
Iacobucci v. Town of Pembroke
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 4, 1999No. 97-1485, 97-1585 and 97-1586PublishedCited by 154 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Earlier this year, the Supreme Court decided Kolstad v. American Dental Ass’n, — U.S. —, 119 S.Ct. 2118, 144 L.Ed.2d 494 (1999), affording a fresh perspective on the circumstances under which juries may award punitive damages in federal civil rights cases. These cross-appeals require us to revisit the punitive damages threshold in light of Kolstad. After acquitting this responsibility and addressing other pertinent issues, we affirm the judgment below.
I. BACKGROUND
On the evening of March 26, 1991, Richard Iacobucci, the plaintiff herein, visited the Pembroke Town Hall to…
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