Legal Opinion
Ortiz-Bonilla v. Federación De Ajedrez De Puerto Rico, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 21, 2013No. 12-1022PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
In this case, we are called upon to referee a dispute between a group of chess players and their opponent, the Puerto Rico Chess Federation. Having come to a stalemate over events leading up to and during a chess federation meeting, the chess players filed suit against the federation in Puerto Rico Superior Court, alleging violations of their rights protected by the United States and Puerto Rico constitutions and Puerto Rico law. The chess federation removed the case to federal court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1441. The chess players filed a second case, similar to the…
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