Legal Opinion · Dissent
Sanchez Ex Rel. DR-S. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 14, 2012No. 10-1648Published
1DissentTorruella, Circuit Judge
The majority strikes a melancholic chord in its treatment and analysis of the Plaintiffs’ allegations in this case. Sadly, this is the same chord that has reverberated throughout the long-standing continuum of disputes and grievances between the Unit*104ed States citizens residing in Puerto Rico’s two off-shore municipalities of Culebra and Vieques, and the Government of the United States. It resonates even more tellingly in this appeal when considered in the light of the turbulent history of this relationship.
The first chapter of this sorry tale commenced in 1941, when the United States…
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