Legal Opinion
Antilles Cement Corp. v. Cemex De Puerto Rico, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 17, 2012No. 09-1314, 09-1583PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
These appeals present two complex questions of first impression: Does the Buy American Act (BAA), 41 U.S.C. §§ 8301-8305 (formerly codified at 41 U.S.C. §§ 10a-10d), preempt two Puerto Rico statutes? And if not, do those Puerto Rico statutes unconstitutionally interfere with Congress’s power to regulate foreign commerce?
The district court initially struck down the two local laws on the ground that they contravene the dormant Foreign Commerce Clause. Antilles Cement Corp. v. Calderón (Antilles I), 288 F.Supp.2d 187, 197-202 (D.P.R.2003). On appeal, we vacated that…
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