Legal Opinion
Autoridad De Energ a Electrica De Puerto Rico v. Ericsson Inc., F/k/a Ericsson Ge Mobile Communications Inc. Federal Insurance Company John Doe
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 6, 2000No. 99-2140PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
In 1992, Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica de Puerto Rico (the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority) entered into a $7.5 million contract with Ericsson GE Mobile Communications, Inc., to purchase a trunk radio system guaranteed to function for fifteen years. The Authority, or PREPA, generates, transmits, and distributes almost all of the electricity used in the Commonwealth. PREPA came to think that the equipment it had purchased was not Y2K-compliant. In July 1999, PREPA sued Ericsson in the courts of the Commonwealth for a declaration that Ericsson was required to upgrade…
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