COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
The major issue in this appeal is whether in a § 1983 action seeking damages and injunctive relief, issues common to both claims must first be submitted to the jury. In this case, the district court denied defendants' request for a jury trial and itself resolved the common issue of liability, leaving for the jury only the task of assessing damages. We believe this was error and now reverse.
The case was initiated by eighteen employees...
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