Legal Opinion
Hatfield-Bermudez v. Aldanondo-Rivera
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 6, 2007No. 05-2293, 05-2293PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
A jury awarded Ruth Hatfield-Bermu-dez compensatory and punitive damages after defendants José Aldanondo-Rivera and Aida L. Berrios-Gomez failed to renew Hatfield’s position as head of an adult education night school. The jury concluded that this non-renewal violated Hatfield’s First Amendment political affiliation rights, as well as her rights under Article 1802 of the Puerto Rico Civil Code. See P.R. Laws Ann. tit. 31, § 5141. The magistrate judge, presiding with the consent of the parties, vacated the political discrimination verdict for lack of key evidence. The judge…
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