Legal Opinion
Municipality of Mayaguez v. Corporacion Para El Desarrollo Del Oeste, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 7, 2013No. 11-2241PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
This lengthy and heated dispute involves a contract executed nearly thirty years ago by the Municipality of Mayagüez and a local development corporation, Corporación Para el Desarrollo del Oeste (“CPDO”). After many years of deteriorating relations between the two parties, Mayagüez filed the instant suit, alleging that CPDO’s failure to comply with several regulations issued by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) amounted to a breach of their contract under the laws of Puerto Rico.
After review, we conclude that Mayagüez’s commonwealth law claim does…
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