PEREZ v. UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO

No. 78-1541.

600 F.2d 1 (1979)

Miguel PEREZ et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 19, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luis Amauri Suarez Zayas, Hato Rey, P. R., with whom Ana Matanzo Vicens, San Juan, P. R., Jose E. Colon Santana, Rio Piedras, P. R., Maria E. Pico Gonzalez, Santurce, P. R., and Leonilda Cruz Rodriguez, Rio Piedras, P. R., were on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Jaime A. Rodriguez-Lecoeur, Rio Piedras, P. R., with whom Milton Aponte-Perez, Rio Piedras, P. R., and Michael Katz, were on brief, for defendants, appellees.

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


COFFIN, Chief Judge.

The last time this case was before us we affirmed the district court's determination that the plaintiffs had been summarily suspended from the university in violation of their right to procedural due process and that they should be awarded nominal damages. Perez v. Rodriguez Bou, 575 F.2d 21 (1st Cir. 1978). We also held that the court had erroneously denied attorneys' fees to the plaintiffs and "remanded...

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