Legal Opinion

Asociación de Salud Primaria de P.R., Inc. v. Commonwealth (In re Fin. Oversight & Mgmt. Bd. for P.R.)

United States District Court

Decided July 10, 2018No. 17 BK 3283-LTS (Jointly Administered); No. 17-AP-00227-LTSPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Nor is the Court's exclusive jurisdiction over the property of the Commonwealth as a Title III debtor preclusive of remand or abstention. Suffice it to say that the Objectors' property-based exclusive jurisdiction argument would nullify the remand and abstention provisions of PROMESA and of the federal Bankruptcy Code entirely, since both statutes provide that the Court has exclusive jurisdiction of the property of the debtor or of the estate, as applicable.

Objectors' Further PROMESA Section 7 Arguments

The Corporación asserts that Section 7 of PROMESA requires this Court to hear the Removed…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Thomas v. ArnSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. United States v. Emiliano Valencia-CopeteCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
  5. Park Motor Mart, Inc. v. Ford Motor CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. FOMB v. Pierluisi-UrrutiaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2023
  2. University of Puerto Rico Retirement Board v. University of Puerto RicoDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 2024

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