Legal Opinion
Starlight Sugar, Inc. v. Soto
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 11, 2001No. 00-1487PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from an Opinion and Order denying appellant Neftalí Soto’s qualified immunity defense. Soto, acting in his capacity as Secretary of the Department of Agriculture of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, has been sued in his personal capacity under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for enforcing a sugar regulation that prevented appellees, Starlight Sugar, Inc. and Pan American Grain Company, Inc. (“Starlight/PanAm”), from importing sugar into Puerto Rico in bulk for packaging in consumer-sized units. We reverse the district court opinion and hold that Soto is entitled to…
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