Legal Opinion

Sucesion Suarez Through Its Members v. Pedro A. Gelabert

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided March 9, 1983No. 82-1576PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COFFIN, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs in this case are owners of approximately 75 acres of land in the Municipality of Loiza, Puerto Rico, from which they desired to extract sand. Defendants are officials of the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board (EQB), the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Municipality of Loiza, all of whom, plaintiffs claim, conspired to deprive them of their property rights without due process of law by refusing to grant them a sand extraction permit.

Under Puerto Rico law, plaintiffs were required, before extracting sand from their land, to receive a sand…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Creative Environments, Inc. v. Robert EstabrookCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982
  2. Sucn. Suárez v. GelabertDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1982

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Henry H. Amsden v. Thomas F. Moran, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
  2. James Chongris and George Chongris v. Board of Appeals of the Town of AndoverCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
  3. Chiplin Enterprises, Inc. v. City of LebanonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983
  4. Yale Auto Parts, Inc. v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
  5. Yale Auto Parts, Inc. v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985

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