Asociación De Subscripción Conjunta Del Seguro De Responsabilidad Obligatorio v. Flores Galarza

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

The Compulsory Liability Joint Underwriting Association of Puerto Rico (“JUA”), a Commonwealth-created entity, filed a lawsuit against Juan A. Flores Ga-larza (“Flores Galarza” or “Secretary”), then the Secretary of the Treasury of the Commonwealth, in both his official and personal capacities,1 claiming that he violated the Takings Clause of the United States Constitution by withholding from the JUA and appropriating insurance premiums generated by Puerto Rico’s compulsory liability insurance law to alleviate the cash-flow problems of the Commonwealth. Flores Galarza…