CORDECO DEVELOPMENT CORP. v. SANTIAGO VASQUEZ

Nos. 75-1424, 75-1457.

539 F.2d 256 (1976)

CORDECO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Antonio SANTIAGO VASQUEZ et al., Defendants-Appellees. CORDECO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Antonio SANTIAGO VASQUEZ et al., Defendants-Appellees. Inez Acevedo Campos et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 25, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Bower, New York City, with whom Charles A. Cordero, San Juan, P. R., and Michael M. Futterman, White Plains, N. Y., were on brief, for Cordeco Development Corp.

Ronaldo Rodriguez Ossorio, Asst. Sol. Gen., with whom Miriam Naveira de Rodon, Sol. Gen., San Juan, P. R., was on brief, for Antonio Santiago Vasquez and Pedro Negron Ramos.

A. Santiago Villalonga, San Juan, P. R., with whom Hartzell, Ydrach Mellado, Santiago, Perez & Novas, San Juan, P. R., was on brief, for Inez Acevedo Campos and Zenon Mercado.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, McENTEE and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.


McENTEE, Circuit Judge.

The present appeals arise from a suit for damages and injunctive relief brought by plaintiff Cordeco Development Corporation ("Cordeco") against four officers of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, charging a violation of plaintiff's constitutional rights under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1984 and 1985. The court sua sponte empanelled an advisory jury, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 39(c), which rendered a verdict on May 14, 1975, in the form...

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