Legal Opinion
Rodriguez-Marin v. Rivera-Gonzalez
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 16, 2006No. 04-1492PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs are employees of the Administration of Corrections in Puerto Rico. They filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that defendants demoted them in violation of their First Amendment and due process rights. The case went to trial, and a jury found in favor of plaintiffs, awarding them compensatory and punitive damages. Defendants now appeal. We affirm.
I. Background
Defendants are contesting the jury’s verdict in favor of the plaintiffs. In considering the issues raised on appeal, we do not evaluate the credibility of the witnesses or weigh the evidence.…
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