Legal Opinion
Carlos Romero-Barcelo, Etc. v. Harold Brown
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 26, 1981No. 79-1626PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico appeals from the district court’s denial of its request for a comprehensive injunction against the United States Navy’s military training operations on the Island of Vie-ques, a municipality of the Commonwealth. Armed with a battery of federal and state laws, Puerto Rico 1 alleged that the Navy’s 2 activities in and around Vieques cause irreparable injury to the island’s ecology and its inhabitants. More specifically, Puerto Rico claimed that the Navy’s operations pollute the island’s air and its coastal waters, threaten the habitats of…
2Cases cited76 opinions
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3Cited by72 opinions
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