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GAY OFFICERS ACTION LEAGUE v. PUERTO RICO

No. 00-1983.

247 F.3d 288 (2001)

GAY OFFICERS ACTION LEAGUE, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Commonwealth of PUERTO RICO, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 23, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell A. Del Toro, with whom Camelia Fernández-Romeu and Del Toro & Santana were on brief, for appellant.

Suzanne B. Goldberg, with whom Judith Berkan, Berkan/Mendez, Ruth E. Harlow, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, and Colleen M. Meenan were on brief, for appellees.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and SELYA, Circuit Judge.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

In this bitterly-fought civil rights case, the district court awarded substantial attorneys' fees and ancillary expenses to a consortium of plaintiffs — the Gay Officers Action League (GOAL), Carroll Hunter, Thomas Jeans, and Dr. Rosalina Ramos Padró (collectively, the plaintiffs)1 — against the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The Commonwealth appeals. Concluding, as we do, that the district court...

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