Legal Opinion
Cordero v. De Jesus-Mendez
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 24, 1989No. Nos. 87-1011, 87-1532, 88-1005, 87-1012, 87-1530, 88-1006, 88-1126 and 87-1531PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
This case involves appeals from jury verdicts and judgments in a group of consolidated civil rights actions brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the laws of Puerto Rico by municipal employees against the Municipality of Moca, Puerto Rico, and its Mayor, Juan de Jesus Mendez. Originally, forty employees brought suit. Thirty of them received judgments in their favor in the district court; they are plaintiffs-appel-lees in the appeal by defendants-appellants, the Municipality of Moca and its Mayor. The district court granted judgment n.o.v. against six of the employees.…
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