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IACOBUCCI v. BOULTER

Nos. 97-1485, 97-1585 and 97-1586.

193 F.3d 14 (1999)

Richard IACOBUCCI, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Willard BOULTER, Defendant, Appellant. Richard Iacobucci, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Willard Boulter, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 4, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Russell Hodgdon, with whom Petze & Hodgdon was on brief, for plaintiff.

Stephen C. Pfaff, with whom Douglas I. Louison and Merrick, Louison & Costello were on brief, for defendant.

Before Selya, Circuit Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Earlier this year, the Supreme Court decided Kolstad v. American Dental Ass'n, ___ U.S. ___, 119 S.Ct. 2118, 144 L.Ed.2d 494 (1999), affording a fresh perspective on the circumstances under which juries may award punitive damages in federal civil rights cases. These cross-appeals require us to revisit the punitive damages threshold in light of Kolstad. After acquitting this responsibility and addressing other pertinent issues, we...

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