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- Title: Morales v. Cadena
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- Release Date : January 23, 1987
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 58 KB
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BAUER, Chief Judge. Plaintiff Juan Morales brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking damages from Mateo Cadena and Cadena's supervisor, Edwin Kehl. Morales argued that Cadena refused to hire him for three separate migrant labor specialist positions because he supported the ""DILHR 7"", a group of DILHR employees who were terminated or not rehired because of their support for the aggressive enforcement of the migrant labor laws. Morales argued that Kehl failed to monitor Cadena's potentially improper hiring practices. The jury found that defendant Cadena's decision not to hire Morales for the migrant labor specialist positions was substantially motivated by a desire to retaliate against Morales for his involvement with the DILHR 7. Additionally, the jury found that Kehl's inaction allowed Cadena to pass over Morales for two of the three specialist positions. The jury awarded Morales $82,081 in compensatory damages and $70,000 in punitive damages against Cadena. It awarded Morales $40,000 in punitive damages against Kehl. The district court denied Cadena's post-trial motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial, but granted Kehl's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and dismissed plaintiff's complaint against Kehl on the ground that he did not personally participate in plaintiff's constitutional deprivations. We affirm.