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ZAMBRANA-MARRERO v. SUAREZ-CRUZ

No. 98-1601.

172 F.3d 122 (1999)

Zasha ZAMBRANA-MARRERO, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Carlos SUAREZ-CRUZ, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 21, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith Berkan and Federico Lora Lopez for appellants.

John F. Nevares with whom Gustavo A. Gelpi, John M. Garcia and Isabel Abislaiman for appellees.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, COFFIN and CYR, Senior Circuit Judges.

COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

This case requires us to examine once again the often difficult concept of "under color of state law" as it relates to the death of a private individual at the hands of police officers. Plaintiffs, the widow and four children of Rembert Zambrana-Rodriguez ("Zambrana"), filed this lawsuit seeking damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Puerto Rico law after Zambrana died from injuries he suffered when two police officers intervened in...

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