Legal Opinion
Starlight Sugar Inc. v. Soto
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided December 21, 1995No. Civil 95-2078PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
PEREZ-GIMENEZ, District Judge.
Through the random operation of our district’s case assignment system, this is the second time in seven years that this Court has presided over a constitutional challenge to Puerto Rico’s government-operated sugar industry. See García v. Bauzá Salas, 686 F.Supp. 965 (D.P.R.), rev’d on other grounds, 862 F.2d 905 (1st Cir.1988). 1 In Bauzá Salas, the Court found that the Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture’s (“the Department’s”) Market Regulation 13, which limits the importation of sugar to Puerto Rico, violated the Commerce Clause “in its…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Wickard v. FilburnSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- City of Philadelphia v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Maine v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Starlight Sugar, Inc. v. SotoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
- PTI, Inc. v. Philip Morris Inc.District Court, C.D. California · 2000
- Starlight Sugar, Inc. v. SotoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
- United Parcel Service, Inc. v. Flores-GalarzaDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 2002
- Goya De Puerto Rico Inc. v. SantiagoDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1999
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