Legal Opinion
ANTILLES CEMENT CORPORATION v. ANÍBAL ACEVEDO VILÁ, GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, PUERTO RICAN CEMENT CORPORATION, INC., INTERVENOR
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 25, 2005No. 03-2713, 04-1231, 04-1232PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
In the proceedings below, the district court declared two statutes enacted by the Puerto Rico legislature — one requiring the use of Puerto Rican cement in publicly funded construction projects and the other requiring special labels for cement manufactured elsewhere — antithetic to the dormant Foreign Commerce Clause of Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution and enjoined their enforcement. The defendants (government officials sued in their representative capacities) appeal. They are joined by an intervenor, Puerto Rican Cement Corporation (PRCC).
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