Legal Opinion
Chamorro v. Puerto Rican Cars, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 27, 2002No. 01-2752PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
On October 8, 1999, plaintiff-appellant José A. Batiz Chamorro (Batiz) invoked federal question jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1331, and brought an employment discrimination action in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico against defendant-appellee Puerto Ri-can Cars, Inc., d/b/a The Hertz Corporation (Hertz). Given the posture of this appeal, the details of the underlying dispute between Batiz and Hertz need not concern us. What matters is that a little over two years after suit had been started, the district court dismissed the case with prejudice…
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