Legal Opinion
Department of Recreation & Sports of Puerto Rico v. World Boxing Ass'n
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 21, 1991No. Nos. 90-2166 to 90-2168PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
The instant appeal arises from the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the World Boxing Association (“WBA”) on the consolidated diversity claims of a boxer, Julio Gervacio Lind, and his managers and promoter (“Gervacio” or “the Gervacio plaintiffs”) and the Puerto Rico Professional Boxing Commission and the Department of Recreation and Sports of Puerto Rico (collectively, “the Commission”). Both sets of plaintiffs sought relief from the WBA’s refusal to strip Bernardo Pinango of the world junior featherweight championship title because of drug use, a…
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