48 U.S.C. § 731
Territory included under name Puerto Rico
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the island of Puerto Rico and to the adjacent islands belonging to the United States and waters of those islands; and the name Puerto Rico, as used in this chapter, shall be held to include not only the island of that name, but all the adjacent islands as aforesaid.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 57
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1928–2023 · leading case: United States v. Rafael Sanchez & Luis Sanchez, 992 F.2d 1143 (11th Cir. 1993).
United States v. Rafael Sanchez & Luis Sanchez, 992 F.2d 1143 (11th Cir. 1993). “319 (1950) (codified at 48 U.S.C. § 731 et seq. (1989)), and, implicitly, that Puerto Rico is no longer a territory as that term was understood in the early part of this century.”
Trailer Marine Transp. Corp. v. Carmen M. Rivera Vazquez, Etc., 977 F.2d 1 (1st Cir. 1992). “1981); Puerto Rican Federal Relations Act, 48 U.S.C. § 731 et seq. Today, the government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in many respects resembles that of a state.”
Barcelo v. Brown, 478 F. Supp. 646 (D.P.R. 1979). “319 , 48 U.S.C. § 731 et seq.), and of certain treaties (15 U.”
United States v. Acosta-Martinez, 252 F.3d 13 (1st Cir. 2001). “See 48 U.S.C. § 731 . That Constitution governs the Commonwealth’s own courts, as state constitutions govern state courts.”
Nogueras-Cartagena v. Rossello-Gonzalez, 182 F.R.D. 380 (D.P.R. 1998). “600, of 1950, 48 U.S.C. § 731 ; the Federal Relations with Puerto Rico Act of 1950, 48 U.”
Vega-Castro v. Commonweatlh of Puer, 214 F.3d 34 (1st Cir. 2000). “Over four decades later, however, this court concluded that the passage of the Federal Relations Act, 48 U.S.C. § 731 et seq., and the concomitant development of commonwealth status for the island, dictated an opposite result.”
TAG/ICIB Servs., Inc. v. Pan Am. Grain Co., 215 F.3d 172 (1st Cir. 2000). “Pan-American suggests that the Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act (“FRA”), 48 U.S.C. §§ 731 et seq., precludes application of the ICCTA to this matter.”
Antilles Cement Corp. v. AnÍbal Acevedo VilÁ, Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican Cement Corp., Inc., Intervenor, 408 F.3d 41 (1st Cir. 2005). “The language of the BAA is suggestive and that language, reinforced by the reasoning of the Caribbean Tubular court, gives us pause.”
Medina & Medina, Inc. v. Gurrentz Int'l Corp., 450 A.2d 108 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1982). “§ 1738 (court records from “any State, Territory, or Possession of the United States” entitled to full faith and credit); 48 U.S.C.A. § 731 et seq. (recognizing and defining relationship between United States and Puerto Rico).”
Davila-Perez v. Lockheed Martin Corp., 202 F.3d 464 (1st Cir. 2000). “327 (1952) (codified as amended at 48 U.S.C. § 731 (d)), altered Puerto Rico’s status under the Defense Base Act, the Puerto Rico Supreme Court did not consider the issue when it applied the Defense Base Act to Puerto Rico in 1967, see W.”
Igartua-de-La-Rosa v. United States, 229 F.3d 80 (1st Cir. 2000). “Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia are all entitled "commonwealths," yet Puerto Rico is certainly not equivalent to them as a political entity.”
P. F. Z. Props., Inc. v. Train, 393 F. Supp. 1370 (D.D.C. 1975). “, and the Puerto Rican Federal Relations Act, 48 U.S.C. § 731 et seq., in attempting to exercise jurisdiction over certain waters on property owned by plaintiff at Vacia Talega near San Juan, Puerto Rico.”
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