Canadian Transport Co. v. Puerto Rico Ports Authority

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

CANCIO, Chief Judge.

This case is before the Court on defendant Puerto Rico Ports Authority’s amended motion to dismiss, which alleges that the Authority exercises governmental functions and is the alter ego of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and thus immune from suit in this court unless consented to. Defendant did not demonstrate that its specific activities which gave rise to this case are governmental actions, vis-a-vis proprietary actions, to use the dichotomy resorted to in defendant Authority’s memorandum. Rather, the-allegations merely point out that some of the…