Legal Opinion
In Re San Juan Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire Litigation Plaintiffs' Steering Committee v. Tourism Company of Puerto Rico
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 8, 1989No. 89-1552PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from the district court’s dismissal of claims for damages against the Tourism Company of Puerto Rico. The issue on appeal is whether the district court correctly held that the Puerto Rico Tourism Company is an arm of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and, therefore, immune from suit under the Eleventh Amendment. Finding that the Tourism Company comes within the protective umbrella of the Eleventh Amendment, we affirm.
This case arose out of the December 31, 1986 fire in the San Juan Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, which resulted in…
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