28 U.S.C. § 119
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico constitutes one judicial district.
Court shall be held at Mayaguez, Ponce, and San Juan.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 31
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1927–2025 · leading case: The People of the Territory of Guam v. Jae Hung Yang
The People of the Territory of Guam v. Jae Hung Yang (1988)
“See 28 U.S.C. §§ 119 , 132(a). In addition, the district judges in Puerto Rico are generally “citizens of Puerto Rico and well versed in the Spanish underpinnings of Puerto Rican law.”
United States v. Gruberg (1979)
“Section 59 covered venue in both civil and criminal actions affected by the creation of a new judicial district or the transfer of territory from one district to another, and referred to § 58 of the Judiciary Act, codified at 28 U.S.C. § 119 , the precursor of current 28 U.”
Iris v. Rivera-Flores v. Puerto Rico Telephone Company (1995)
“See 28 U.S.C. §§ 119 , 451; Fed.R.Civ.P. 1 & 38(a).”
Robert Laforest v. Autoridad De Las Fuentes Fluviales De Puerto Rico (1976)
“Such an approach would be analogous to that of the highest court of the Commonwealth which in reviewing the awards of lower courts (rendered by judges, not juries) applies a more exacting standard of review than is employed by common law appellate courts in considering jury…”
International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union v. Juneau Spruce Corp. (1952)
“§ 91 ; and for Puerto Rico, 28 U. S. C. § 119 ; but none for the Canal Zone, the Virgin Islands, or for Alaska.”
Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. Hodel (1986)
“See 28 U.S.C. § 119 . The other territories have courts created by Congress pursuant to its plenary powers under Article IV.”
Armando A. Miranda v. United States (1958)
“” 28 U.S.C. § 119 . 4 . “(a) There shall be in each judicial district a district court which shall be a court of record known as the United States District Court for the district.”
Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints v. Donald P. Hodel, Secretary (1987)
“Puerto Rico has an Article III district court, 28 U.S.C. § 119 , appeals from which lie in the First Circuit.”
Novelty Textile Mills, Inc. v. Stern (1991)
“No authority is cited for this proposition (which is not argued in respondents’ attorney’s brief) and our own research has discovered none.”
Hendricks v. Alcoa Steamship Co. (1962)
“[6] Congress has made specific provision for transfer of certain cases from inferior courts to the District Court of the Virgin Islands ( 48 U.”
United States v. 16,000 Acres of Land, More or Less (1942)
“” 28 U.S.C.A. § 119 . In Walsh & Wells v. City of Memphis, D.”
United States v. Bink (1947)
“§ 114 ; 28 U.S.C.A. § 119 . See Salinger v. Loisel, 265 U.”
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