Legal Opinion
Cruz v. Savage
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided June 2, 1988No. Civ. 84-1378 (RLA)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
ACOSTA, District Judge.
Plaintiffs filed a suit against defendants 1 under the Bivens doctrine 2 alleging ten causes of action including pendent state claims for which they sought monetary damages. After four days of trial a verdict against the plaintiffs on all counts submitted was returned by the jury. Defendants now seek $40,625.00 in attorney’s fees to be imposed against plaintiffs under the bad faith exception to the so-called “American Rule” 3 and/or against plaintiffs’ counsel personally as a sanction pursuant to Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
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2Cases cited14 opinions
- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness SocietySupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Davis v. PassmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Juan E. Cruz v. Robert Savage, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Tandem Computers Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1994
- Northwest Bypass Group v. U.S. Army Corps of EngineersDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 2008
- Rodriguez v. Banco CentralDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1994
- N.E. Alpine Ski Shops, Inc., D/B/A Divers World v. U.S. Divers Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
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