Legal Opinion
Igartúa v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 24, 2010No. 09-2186PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff Gregorio Igartua and others have brought suit claiming they and other U.S. citizen-residents of Puerto Rico have a right to vote for a Representative to the U.S. House of Representatives from Puerto Rico and a right to have Representatives from Puerto Rico in that body. Long ago, residents of Puerto Rico were granted U.S. citizenship by statute. See Pub.L. No. 368, ch. 145, § 5, 39 Stat. 951 (1917).
Igartúa’s putative class action claim is supported in part by the government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, which has filed a brief amicus curiae and presented…
2Cases cited49 opinions
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- Citizens United v. Federal Election CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
- Harper v. Virginia Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- North Carolina v. RiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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