Legal Opinion
Vince v. Posadas De Puerto Rico, S.A.
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided March 30, 1988No. Civ. 84-2273 (RLA)PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
ACOSTA, District Judge.
Plaintiffs brought this action pursuant to our diversity jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1332, seeking over one billion dollars in damages for defendants’ alleged malicious prosecution.
Before the Court is a motion for dismissal and/or summary judgment filed by defendants. Plaintiffs, after several delays, prompted mostly by some discovery disputes 1 , filed their opposition to defendants’ motion. A reply followed.
Defendants argue that plaintiffs have not and cannot, as a matter of the applicable Puerto Rico law, prove a cause of action for malicious…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Robert C. Hahn v. Francis W. SargentCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1975
- The Boston Five Cents Savings Bank v. Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Bonilla v. Trebol Motors Corp.District Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1995
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