Legal Opinion
Torres Irizarry v. Toro Goyco
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided July 12, 1976No. Civ. No. 76-552PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
TOLEDO, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff herein alleges that this Court has jurisdiction over the instant case pursuant to the provisions of Title 42, United States Code, Section 1983 and its jurisdictional counterpart, Title 28, United States Code, Section 1343(3). The First, Fifth and Ninth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, together with several cases of the Supreme Court of the United States,1 have been pled as jurisdictional grounds in the instant case.
Juan Torres Irizarry, the plaintiff in this case, is the Mayor of the town of Guayanil-la, Puerto Rico, and by…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Carafas v. LaValleeSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical ExaminersSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Ginsberg v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Eusebia Fernandez Etc. v. Honorable Jose Trias Monge Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- Swartz v. CommissionerMassachusetts Superior Court · 1982