Legal Opinion
Torres v. Puerto Rico Tourism Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 6, 1999No. 98-1908PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
This lawsuit involves claims brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-12213, and several Puerto Rico statutes. The defendant-appellant, the Puerto Rico Tourism Company (“the Tourism Company”), claims that the district court erred in refusing to dismiss the case in light of the Eleventh Amendment, which protects states from suit in federal court. We conclude that, in the face of an explicit statutory provision abrogating Eleventh Amendment immunity in ADA cases and the absence of a meaningful challenge to the validity of that…
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