Cases

Judge Kathleen Cardone This consolidated appeal acutely illustrates the difficult and controversial nature of our country's immigration laws and their enforcement. Appellants are five asylum seekers who were apprehended shortly after entering into the United States with their minor children. Ultimately, they were separated from the children, prosecuted by the government for the misdemeanor offense of improper entry under

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 Puer-to Rico Constitution. At issue is the power of the district court to grant judgment as a matter of law after a jur

USCA1 Opinion UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT ____________________ No. 95-1375 ELBA ROBLES-VAZQUEZ, ET AL, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v.

492 F.3d 1 (2007) Jose SANCHEZ; Nilsa Irizarry; Conjugal Partnership Sanchez-Irizarry, d/b/a, Laboratorio Clinico Irizarry Guash; Delma Rodriguez; Wilmer Roldan; Conjugal Partnership Roldan-Rodriguez, d/b/a Laboratorio Salimar; Maite Rolon-Balseiro; Cesar Del-Valle-Vague; Conjugal Partnership Del-Valle-Rolon, d/b/a Laboratorio Clinico Rolon; Oim Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a Laboratorio Clinico Ramos; Elba Rivera-Martinez; Conjugal Partnership Melendez-Rivera

OPINION LASTER, Vice Chancellor. In 2006, Aveta Inc. closed the acquisition of Preferred Medicare Choice Inc. (“PMC”), a Puerto Rico corporation. Ave-ta purchased PMC’s Class A shares from its controlling shareholders for 60.93% of the aggregate consideration, then merged a Puerto Rico acquisition subsidiary into PMC. PMC’s non-controlling Class B shares were converted into the right to receive the remain

OPINION AND ORDER1 FRANCISCO A. BESOSA, District Judge. Before the Court is the defendants’ motion to dismiss all of plaintiffs’ B & B Target Center, Inc. (“B & B”), Luis A. Bermudez-Gonzalez (“Bermudez”) and Ana M. Latorre-Echeandia (“Latorre”) (collectively, “plaintiffs”) claims pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) (“Rule 12”). After reviewin

OPINION AND ORDER GARCIA-GREGORY, District Judge. The twenty-seven named plaintiff families in the case at bar, all residents of three public housing complexes located in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico (collectively “Plaintiffs”), bring a civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985, and 1986 against Defendants asserting violations of their rights under the United States Constitution. Specifically, Plaintiffs a

446 F.Supp.2d 48 (2006) Jose SANCHEZ, et al., Plaintiffs, v. TRIPLE-S MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. Civil No. 03-1967 (JAF). United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico. May 5, 2006. *50 OPINION AND ORDER FUSTE, Chief Judge. Plaintiffs, Jose Sanchez, Nilsa Irizarry, and their conjug

30 F.Supp.2d 141 (1998) Luis A. ACEVEDO GARCIA, et al., Plaintiff, v. Hon. Roberto VERA MONROIG, et al., Defendant. No. Civ. 97-2639 (JP). United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico. November 23, 1998. *142 *143 Israel Roldan-Gonzalez, Aguadilla, PR, Miguel A. Pagan-Rivera, Hato Rey, PR, for

Rodríguez García, Juez Ponente *999TEXTO COMPLETO DE LA SENTENCIA Mediante dos recursos de apelación, acuden ante nosotros las partes demandadas en un complejo, novel y extenso caso de daños y perjuicios por síndrome de edificio enfermo. Los apelantes-demandados nos solicitan que revoquemos la sentencia que los declaró responsables por los daños oc

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT DANIEL CAMPBELL; et al, * No. 15-56990 Plaintiffs-Appellants, D.C. No. v. 2:04-cv-08592- AG-AJW CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Defendant-Appellee. CESAR MATA,