Legal Opinion
Sueiro Vazquez v. Torregrosa De La Rosa
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 19, 2007No. 06-1499PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
A jury found that a new Popular Democratic Party (“PDP”) administration in Puerto Rico had violated the First Amendment political affiliation and Fourteenth Amendment due process rights of New Progressive Party (“NPP”) members Berenice Sueiro Vázquez and Wilfredo Aponte Pagán when they were fired from their positions as employees in Puerto Rico’s State Historic Preservation Office (“SHPO”). The jury also found that the firings violated Article 1802 of the Puerto Rico Civil Code. See P.R. Laws Ann. tit. 31, § 5141. The jury awarded substantial compensatory and punitive…
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