Legal Opinion
Igartua De La Rosa v. United States
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided July 19, 2000No. Civ.00-1421(JP)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
PIERAS, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
The present political status of Puerto Rico has enslaved the United States citizens residing in Puerto Rico by preventing them from voting in Presidential and Congressional elections and therefore it is abhorrent to the most sacred of the basic safeguards contained in the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the United States— freedom.
II. BACKGROUND
Plaintiffs in the instant action are comprised of two groups of United States citizens residing in Puerto Rico who seek from the Court a declaratory judgment allowing them to vote in the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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- Kramer v. Union Free School District No. 15Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Báez Galib v. Comisión Estatal de EleccionesSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 2000
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