Broadwell v. Municipality of San Juan

“[T]he existence of facts supporting the legislative judgment is to be presumed, for regulatory legislation affecting ordinary commercial transactions in not to be pronounced unconstitutional unless ... it is of such character as to preclude the assumption that it rests on some rational basis. ” United States v. Carolene Products, Co., 304 U.S. 144, 152-53, 58 S.Ct. 778, 82 L.Ed. 1234 (1938).

OPINION & ORDER

GELPI, United States Magistrate Judge.

This is an action for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief brought by the plaintiffs, José E. Rivera-Pagán and his wife, Rosemarie F. Broadwell,…