Legal Opinion
Esso Standard Oil Co. v. López-Freytes
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 10, 2008No. 07-1218PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the district court’s issuance of an order permanently-enjoining the defendants — several members and officials of the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board (“EQB”) — from imposing a $76 million fine on the plaintiff, Esso Standard Oil Company (“Esso”). On appeal, the defendants argue that the district court should have abstained from exercising jurisdiction pursuant to the Younger abstention doctrine and, in any event, the court erred in concluding that there existed bias necessitating the imposition of the injunction. After careful…
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