Legal Opinion
Watchtower Bible Tract Society of New York, Inc. v. Municipality of Ponce
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided July 6, 2016No. CASE NO. 04-1452 (GAG)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
GUSTAVO A. GELPI, United States District Judgei
After twelve years of litigation in this First Amendment case involving the rights *342of Jehovah’s Witnesses, the Court is at a crossroad regarding a widely-debated question of Puerto Rico real property law. Are roads in gated urbanizations of private or public nature? Specifically in this case the issue pertains to streets within Estan-cias del Golf Club in the Municipality of Ponce. However, the much broader legal issue pertains to many other such communities within the island’s municipalities.
Pending before the Court are…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Wilton v. Seven Falls Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Maldonado-Denis v. Castillo-RodriguezCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
- Iverson v. City of BostonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2006
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