Legal Opinion
Barcelo v. Brown
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided September 17, 1979No. Civ. 78-323, 78-377PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
TORRUELLA, District Judge.
In substance, these suits concern the military use by the United States Navy of land which it owns in the Island of Vieques, a civilian municipality of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. They bring into focus the delicate and complex constitutional interplay that exists between our three branches of Government, as well as between the Federal and local establishments and its citizens.
I. Procedural Preface
The parties to these actions are as varied and as multifarious as the issues which they raise.
In Civil Number 78-323 the Plaintiffs 1 are Carlos…
2Cases cited171 opinions
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Rizzo v. GoodeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Marbury v. MadisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1803
- Buckley v. ValeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Weinberger v. Romero-BarceloSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- United States v. Pedro Saade, United States of America v. Carlos Zenon RodriguezCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
- Carlos Romero-Barcelo, Etc. v. Harold BrownCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
- Palila, (Psittirostra Bailleui), an Endangered Species, Plaintiffs v. Hawaii Department of Land and Natural ResourcesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Water Keeper Alliance v. United States Department of DefenseCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
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