48 U.S.C. § 735
Section 735 · Repealed. July 3, 1950, ch. 446, 5(2), 64 Stat. 320
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Porto Rico Brokerage Co. v. United States (1935)
Most recently applied in Cordero v. Prensa Insular De Puerto Rico, Inc. (July 1948)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Section, acts Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, 57, 39 Stat. 968; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158, continued certain Puerto Rican Laws in force and authorized the legislative authority to modify or repeal laws. Section 15 of act Apr. 12, 1900, ch. 191, 31 Stat. 80, formerly cited as a credit to this section, was not repealed by act July 3, 1950.