Lopez Collazo v. Ruiz-Feliciano
Case Details
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- Published
- Procedural Posture — the stage the case had reached
- appeal
- State
- Puerto Rico
- Circuit
- First Circuit
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Claim Types
Outcome
The First Circuit vacated the district court's summary judgment in favor of the mayor on a political discrimination claim, holding that a failure to reappoint a public employee to a trust position can constitute an adverse employment action under the First Amendment, and remanded for further proceedings.
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