ROBLES-VAZQUEZ v. GARCIA

No. 95-1375.

110 F.3d 204 (1997)

Elba ROBLES-VAZQUEZ, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Raul Tirado GARCIA, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 10, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy L. Heinemann, New York City, with whom Edelmiro Salas Garcia, San Juan, PR, was on brief, for Plaintiffs, Appellants.

Sylvia Roger-Stefani, Assistant Solicitor General, with whom Carlos Lugo-Fiol, Solicitor General, San Juan, PR, and Edda Serrano-Blasini, Deputy Assistant Solicitor, Department of Justice, Guaynabo, PR, were on brief, for Defendants, Appellees.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge, and DiCLERICO, District Judge.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants appeal from an order of the district court vacating an earlier $2.25 million judgment following a jury verdict in plaintiffs-appellants' favor on their individual claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Puerto Rico Constitution. At issue is the power of the district court to grant judgment as a matter of law after a jury's verdict on a ground never raised by the parties prior to submission of the case...

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