Legal Opinion
Construction Aggregates Corp. v. Julia Rivera De Vicenty
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 14, 1978No. 77-1399PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
This appeal concerns the limits of Puerto Rico’s authority to apply its workmen’s compensation law to various categories of seamen, a question already addressed in many previous decisions. 1 Beyond that it also raises complicated federal abstention questions.
Construction Aggregates Corp. (“Construction”) brought suit in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico in January, 1975, alleging both federal question and diversity jurisdiction and seeking a declaratory judgment and an injunction against the manager of the State Insurance Fund of…
2Cases cited61 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Carmen Fragoso, A/K/A Carmen Fragoso De Conway v. Dr. Maria A. LopezCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
- Edwin Rodriguez-Garcia v. Esteban Davila, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Carlos Romero-Barcelo, Etc. v. Harold BrownCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
- Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982
- Allstate Insurance Company v. Michael SabbaghCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
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