Legal Opinion
Sanchez v. United States
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided May 31, 1974No. Civ. 74-229PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
LUTHER W. YOUNGDAHL, Senior District Judge.
Plaintiff, a resident of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and therefore, a citizen of the United States, challenges the constitutionality of Public Law 600, 48 U.S.C.A. § 731b et seq., contending that this provision does not permit her, as a U.S. citizen, to vote for the President and Vice President of the United States. Public Law 600 was a congressional enactment which offered the people of Puerto Rico a compact whereby they might establish a government under their own constitution. Puerto Rico accepted this compact, and in…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Calero-Toledo v. Pearson Yacht Leasing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Samuel Bailey v. Joe T. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Ex Parte PoreskySupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- California Water Service Co. v. City of ReddingSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Bulluck v. WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Igartua De La Rosa v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
- Báez Galib v. Comisión Estatal de EleccionesSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 2000
- The Attorney General Of The Territory Of Guam v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Romeu v. CohenDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2000
- De La Rosa v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1994
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