Watchtower Bible Tract Society of New York, Inc. v. Municipality of Santa Isabel

CERTIFICATION TO THE PUERTO RICO SUPREME COURT

GUSTAVO A. GELPÍ, District Judge.

This case was originally filed on May 18, 2004 by Watehtower Bible Tract Society of New York and the Congregación Cristiana de los Testigos de Jehová de Puerto Rico, Inc. (“Plaintiffs”), against the Commonwealth, numerous state and municipal officials, municipalities, and urbanizations (“Defendants”), seeking declaratory judgment regarding the constitutionality of the Access Control Law, P.R. Laws Ann. tit. 23, §§ 64-64h (2008) (the “Law”). Plaintiffs argued the Law was unconstitutional both facially and as-applied…