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FRED v. ROQUE

Nos. 90-1365, 90-1429.

916 F.2d 37 (1990)

Gloria E. Barreto FRED, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Awilda Aponte ROQUE, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 11, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raul Barrera Morales, on brief, Santurce, Puerto Rico, for plaintiff, appellee.

Jorge E. Perez-Diaz, Sol. Gen., Norma Cotti-Cruz, Deputy Sol. Gen. and Anabelle Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Asst. Sol. Gen., on brief, San Juan, Puerto Rico, for defendant, appellant.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, SELYA and CYR, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

These are appeals from a Puerto Rico district court judgment awarding back pay to an employee of the Department of Education. Because the Eleventh Amendment bars federal courts from imposing such retroactive damage awards against a state or territorial government, we reverse.

The relevant facts of this case are as follows. The plaintiff-appellee, Mrs. Gloria E. Barreto Fred, a career school administrator,

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