Legal Opinion
Riefkohl v. Alvarado
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided October 24, 1990No. Civ. 86-113 HLPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
LAFFITTE, District Judge.
Defendants Carlos Alvarado and José R. Cobián, former officials of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (“PREPA”), request that this Court alter its judgment of September 13, 1990 pursuant to Rule 59(e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Defendants claim that PREPA is entitled to eleventh amendment immunity and request that this action be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
In its prior judgment, the Court held that PREPA had expressly waived its sovereign immunity from suit in federal court. Citing the PREPA Act, the Court noted that the…
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