Legal Opinion
Elena v. Municipality of San Juan
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 16, 2012No. 10-1849PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs Luis Costas Elena and Hazel Russell McMillan appeal the district court’s dismissal of their complaint alleging a host of constitutional violations instigated by neighboring landowners Henry Paredes and Carmen Despradel and carried out by the Municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. 1 Specifically, the plaintiffs say, Paredes and Despradel lured the city into killing a botanical menagerie, including lush trees and rare orchids, that the plaintiffs had maintained on their property in San Juan. In the end, however, not a single federal claim has been pled…
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