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6 courts5 law libraries28+ judges6,057 opinions mention this place

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Federal courts in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico District CourtDistrict Court · San Juan
Puerto Rico Bankruptcy CourtBankruptcy Court · Ponce
Puerto Rico Bankruptcy CourtBankruptcy Court · San Juan

State courts in Puerto Rico

Committee of the Privy CouncilState Trial Court

Territorial courts in Puerto Rico

Supreme Court of Puerto RicoTerritorial Supreme Court
Tribunal De Apelaciones De Puerto Rico/Court of Appeals of Puerto RicoTerritorial Appellate Court

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Landmark decisions involving Puerto Rico

McConnell v. Federal Election Commission (2003)540 U.S. 93overruled
Lapides v. Board of Regents of Univ. System of Ga. (2002)535 U.S. 613
United States v. Morrison (2000)529 U.S. 598
City of Boerne v. Flores (1997)521 U.S. 507
Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida (1996)517 U.S. 44
R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul (1992)505 U.S. 377
Collins v. Youngblood (1990)497 U.S. 37
Puerto Rico v. Branstad (1987)483 U.S. 219
Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority (1985)469 U.S. 528
Illinois v. Gates (1983)462 U.S. 213
INS v. Chadha (1983)462 U.S. 919
Ohio v. Roberts (1980)448 U.S. 56overruled
Furman v. Georgia (1972)408 U.S. 238
Shapiro v. Thompson (1969)394 U.S. 618overruled
Katzenbach v. Morgan (1966)384 U.S. 641
South Carolina v. Katzenbach (1966)383 U.S. 301
Reid v. Covert (1957)354 U.S. 1
Kinsella v. Krueger (1956)351 U.S. 470
Ford Motor Co. v. Department of Treasury (1945)323 U.S. 459overruled
Hooven & Allison Co. v. Evatt (1945)324 U.S. 652overruled

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Recent opinions from Puerto Rico courts

603 BR 871Gándara-Gorritz v. Scotiabank De Puerto Rico (2019)
590 BR 577Fin. Oversight & Mgmt. Bd. for P.R. v. Altair Global Credit Opportunities Fund (a), LLC (In re Fin. Oversight & Mgmt. Bd. for P.R.) (2018)
586 BR 811The Official Comm. of Unsecured Creditors of P.R. v. Whyte (In re Fin. Oversight & Mgmt. Bd. for P.R.) (2018)
585 BR 655Martínez v. Novo Nordisk, Inc. (2018)
251 FSUPP3D 370Sánchez-León v. United States (2017)
254 FSUPP3D 316Mercado-Reyes v. Vazquez Home Care, CRL (2017)
266 FSUPP3D 563Vistas de Canovanas I, Inc. v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (2017)
265 FSUPP3D 145R & T Roofing Contractor, Corp. v. Fusco Corp. (2017)
229 FSUPP3D 115Payne v. Alvarez-Ortiz (2017)
261 FSUPP3D 265Ares-Pérez v. Caribe Physicians Plaza Corp. (2017)
261 FSUPP3D 257Afunday Charters, Inc. v. Spencer Yachts, Inc. (2017)
266 FSUPP3D 573United States v. Clark (2017)

Law libraries in Puerto Rico

Domingo Toledo Alamo Law Library · San Juan
Eugenio Maria De Hostos School of Law Library · Mayaguez
PCUPR Law Library · Ponce
University of Puerto Rico Law Library · San Juan
UPR Law Library · San Juan

Judges who served in Puerto Rico

Federal judges with an appointment to a court located here.

Find legal help in Puerto Rico

Practice-area guides and local resources for Puerto Rico.

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Cities in Puerto Rico

Ordered by number of opinions mentioning each city.

Opinions mentioning Puerto Rico

21 F3D 420In Re: United Chair
99 F3D 490Gonzalez-Garcia v. Williamson Dickie Manufacturing Co.
99 F3D 456Lattimore v. Polaroid Corp.
99 F3D 1128Restrepo-Contreras v. United States
97 F3D 810Garcia v. Woman's Hospital of Texas
97 F3D 1504CMM Cable Rep, Inc. v. Ocean Coast Properties, Inc.
97 F3D 1445United States v. Girard
96 F3D 532Fleet National Bank v. H&D Entertainment, Inc.
96 F3D 420Natural Resources Defense Council v. California Department of Transportation
96 F3D 1337University of Texas at Austin v. Vratil
96 F3D 10Borschow Hospital & Medical Supplies, Inc. v. Cesar Castillo Inc.
95 F3D 86Ayala-Gerena v. Bristol Myers-Squibb Co.
95 F3D 1185HB General Corp. v. Manchester Partners, L.P.
95 F3D 1146United States v. Prada-Cordero
95 F3D 101Pan American Grain Mfg. Co. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
94 F3D 640Dodi v. The Putnam Companies
94 F3D 640United States v. Mozo Sanchez
94 F3D 640United States v. Irizarry-Sanabria
94 F3D 399Thiel v. State Bar of Wisconsin
94 F3D 1446Garramone v. Romo
93 F3D 706United States v. Barnhardt
92 F3D 295United Services Automobile Ass'n v. Perry
92 F3D 1185Ivan v. Kent State University
92 F3D 1169Alvarez v. United States
91 F3D 981International College of Surgeons v. City of Chicago
91 F3D 242Sullivan v. Young Bros.
91 F3D 1240Indian Oasis-Baboquivari Unified School District No. 40 v. Kirk
90 F3D 600Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. v. Houde
9 F3D 191Deary v. City of Gloucester
9 F3D 1000United States v. Parcels of Property, with Building Appurtenances & Improvements Located at 255 Broadway
89 F3D 823Kueter v. Rancourt
89 F3D 823Quinones-Pita v. United States
89 F3D 1096Hovsons, Inc. v. Township of Brick
86 F3D 1146Rodriguez-Guzman v. Garcia
86 F3D 1146Santana-Diaz v. United States
86 F3D 1146Ferrer-Cruz v. United States
86 F3D 1146McGuinness v. Dubois
85 F3D 815Federal Deposit Insurance v. LeBlanc
85 F3D 774Ahern v. Scholz
85 F3D 708United States v. Ventura
85 F3D 713United States v. Sawyer
85 F3D 641Quinones v. Babbitt
85 F3D 61Jemmott v. Coughlin
85 F3D 1440Compassion in Dying v. Washington
84 F3D 865Hager v. City of West Peoria
84 F3D 1143Denbicare U.S.A. Inc. v. Toys "R" US, Inc.
83 F3D 364Sciarrino v. City of Key West
83 F3D 20United States v. Santiago
82 F3D 403Leon-Ayala v. United States
82 F3D 403United States v. Rosales