Legal Opinion
Starlight Sugar, Inc. v. Soto
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 30, 1997No. 96-1332PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.
The Department of Agriculture of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico urges us to vacate a preliminary injunction issued on December 21,1995 that bars the enforcement of Section Six of its Market Regulation 13. 1 Section Six prohibits the importation into Puerto Rico of refined sugar intended for consumer sale that is not prepackaged in units of five pounds or less. The district court held that the regulation violated the Commerce Clause in its “dormant” state and the Equal Protection Clause and also found that the plaintiff sugar importers had met all of the grounds for…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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3Cited by14 opinions
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