Legal Opinion
Metcalf & Eddy, Inc. v. Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 25, 1991No. 91-1602PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
We recently acknowledged that “words can be ‘chameleons, which reflect the color of their environment.’ ” Hanover Ins. Co. v. United States, 880 F.2d 1503, 1504 (1st Cir.1989) (quoting Commissioner v. National Carbide Co., 167 F.2d 304, 306 (2d Cir.1948) (L. Hand, J.)), cert. denied, 493 U.S. 1023, 110 S.Ct. 726, 107 L.Ed.2d 745 (1990). As the appeal before us illustrates, “immunity” is such a word.
I. BACKGROUND
The Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) was established by the Puerto Rico legislature as “a public corporation and an autonomous government…
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