Legal Opinion
Acevedo-García v. Vera-Monroig
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 12, 2002No. Nos. 02-1139, 02-1340, 02-1529PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Per curiam
In similar, albeit unrelated cases, two Puerto Rico municipalities and certain of their officers seek stays of judgment, pursuant to Fed. R.App. P. 8(a). In both cases plaintiffs complain of alleged political discrimination on the defendants’ part in dismissing and/or failure to hire them in the respective municipalities.
In one case, No. 02-1529, the Municipality of Gurabo and two of its officials seek a stay of two orders of the district court: one, awarding plaintiffs compensatory and punitive damages; the other, ordering that plaintiffs be reinstated to their positions with the…
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3Cited by80 opinions
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