Legal Opinion
Cordero v. Prensa Insular De Puerto Rico, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 23, 1948No. 4282PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGRUDER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, entered March 26, 1947, directing the issuance of a peremptory writ of mandamus requiring appellant Rafael de J. Cordero, the Auditor of Puerto Rico, to permit appellees to inspect and take notes of certain documents relating to transactions between the Government of Puerto Rico and the firms Concrete Industries, Inc., and Caguas Development Company. By way of defense, it was contended, inter alia, that certain provisions of the Organic Act relating to the powers and duties of the Auditor deprived…
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