Legal Opinion
Granados-Navedo v. Acevedo
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided December 29, 1988No. Civ. 88-2023(JAF), 88-2024(JAF), and 88-2025(JAF)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
FUSTE, District Judge.
These three consolidated cases, which arose from the recent mayoral election in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and are brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, form another sorry chapter in the saga of political factiousness that has become everyday reality on this island. For the reasons that follow, and pursuant to the doctrine set forth in Railroad Commission of Texas v. Pullman Co., 312 U.S. 496, 61 S.Ct. 643, 85 L.Ed. 971 (1941), the court hereby abstains from exercising jurisdiction pending a determination of novel questions of local law by the courts of the…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Granados Navedo v. Rodríguez EstradaSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1989
- Navedo v. AcevedoDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1990
- Jose Granados Navedo v. Hector Luis Acevedo, Georgina Carmona O'Neill v. Marcos Rodriguez Estrada, Carmen D. Osorio Velez v. Marcos Rodriguez EstradaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
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