Legal Opinion

Santiago-Ramos v. Autoridad De Energía Eléctrica De Puerto Rico

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided August 24, 2016No. 15-1507PPublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-Appellants Duamel Santiago-Ramos (“Santiago”), Marinés Rivera-Figueroa, and Caribbean Economic Council filed a class action suit on behalf of approximately 1.5 million Puerto Rican residents who are customers of Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica de Puerto Rico (“PREPA”) against Defendant-Appellee PREPA alleging that PREPA’s use of a portion of its overall revenue to subsidize municipalities’ energy use violates the Takings Clause and deprives Plaintiffs-Appellants of their property interest in electricity and/or the funds they paid for electricity in violation…

2Cases cited14 opinions

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