Legal Opinion
Rivera v. R. Cobian Chinea & Co., Inc
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 19, 1950No. 4434_1PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARIS, Circuit Judge.
This case presents the question whether Section 12 of the Reasonable Rents Act of Puerto Rico-1 is valid in so far as it denies to the owner of a building used for business, commercial or industrial purposes the right to maintain an action, of unlawful detainer against his tenant in order to recover possession of the building for the purpose of withdrawing it from the rental market and devoting it to his own use. The act was approved on April 25, 1946, and its provisions with respect to buildings and premises devoted to business, commercial and industrial purposes were…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Nebbia v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Bowles v. WillinghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Block v. HirshSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Marcus Brown Holding Co. v. FeldmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Forbes v. HubbardIllinois Supreme Court · 1932
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Howard H. Gilbert, Jr. v. City of CambridgeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
- City of Miami Beach v. Forte Towers, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1974
- Grace v. Town of BrooklineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Rodríguez Serra v. Tribunal Municipal de Puerto RicoSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1953
- Enrique Mora and All Other Rice Importers in Puerto Rico v. Felix Mejias, Economic Stabilization AdministratorCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1955
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