CORDERO v. De JESUS-MENDEZ

No. 90-1364.

922 F.2d 11 (1990)

William CORDERO, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Juan De JESUS-MENDEZ, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 18, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul B. Smith, Hato Rey, P.R., with whom Hector Rivera Cruz, Bayamon, P.R., Secretary of Justice, for the Com. of Puerto Rico, Jorge A. Perez-Diaz, Sol. Gen. of Puerto Rico, Vanessa Ramirez, Asst. Sol. Gen., and Manuel Alvarado of Saldana, Rey & Alvarado, Hato Rey, P.R., were on brief, for defendants, appellants.

Israel Roldan Gonzalez, Aguadilla, P.R., for plaintiffs, appellees.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.


BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is the second appeal in this § 1983 action for the political firing of a number of employees of the Municipality of Moca, in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Pursuant to our decision on the first appeal, the case was remanded for a new trial on damages. Cordero v. De Jesus-Mendez, 867 F.2d 1 (1st Cir.1989). The second trial was held. The issues now before us involve the addition of prejudgment...

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