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Torres-Serrant v. Department of Education of Puerto Rico

District Court, D. Puerto Rico

Decided April 20, 2015No. Civil No. 14-1776(GAG)PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

GUSTAVO A. GELPÍ, District Judge.

The issue the court faces today arises because of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico’s unique one hundred and seventeen (117) year old relationship with the United States. The dispute at hand stems from both the Commonwealth’s political limbo— an all-too-common issue — that is, the Commonwealth’s treatment as a State for the grand majority of legal purposes 1, as in this case, and as a territory for others, and the fact that, although officially a bilingual jurisdiction with Spanish and English as its official languages2, its population is…

2Cases cited15 opinions

Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley Ex Rel. RowleySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
Schaffer Ex Rel. Schaffer v. WeastSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
South Dakota v. DoleSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
Arlington Central School District Board of Education v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 2006
Diaz-Fonseca v. Commonwealth of PRCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2006

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3Cited by1 opinion

Valentin-Marrero v. Commonwealth of Puerto RicoDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 2021