48 U.S.C. § 737
Privileges and immunities
The rights, privileges, and immunities of citizens of the United States shall be respected in Puerto Rico to the same extent as though Puerto Rico were a State of the Union and subject to the provisions of paragraph 1 of section 2 of article IV of the Constitution of the United States.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 86
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1928–2023 · leading case: Calero-Toledo v. Pearson Yacht Leasing Co., 416 U.S. 663 (1974).
Calero-Toledo v. Pearson Yacht Leasing Co., 416 U.S. 663 (1974). “See 48 U. S. C. § 737 . [6] Appellants initially opposed the convening of a three-judge court, arguing that the District Court should abstain.”
Torres v. Puerto Rico, 442 U.S. 465 (1979). “772 , 48 U. S. C. § 737 . See Mullaney v. Anderson, 342 U.”
Elena v. Mun. of San Juan, 677 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2012). “The district court also rejected constitutional claims based on the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition against unreasonable seizures and Article IV § 2’s Privileges and Immunities Clause (extended to Puerto Rico by 48 U.S.C. § 737 ). The plaintiffs make no discernible attempt to…”
San Juan Trading Co. v. Sancho, 114 F.2d 969 (1st Cir. 1940). “951 (1917), 48 U.S.C.A. § 737 , in that it deprives the plaintiff of its property without due process of law and denies it the equal protection of the laws; contravenes Article VI of the Reciprocal Commercial Trade Agreement entered into between the United States and the Kingdom…”
MacLeod v. Fernandez, 101 F.2d 20 (1st Cir. 1938). “951 , 48 U.S.C.A. § 737 , is violated by Sec. 11 of Act No.”
Mullaney v. Anderson, 342 U.S. 415 (1952). “772 , 48 U. S. C. § 737 . In *420 statement explaining the bill, Senator Butler, the manager of the Bill, said, “Congress has not expressly extended the Constitution to Puerto Rico, as it did in the case of Alaska and Hawaii, and the committee considered it advisable to bring…”
Igartua v. United States, 626 F.3d 592 (1st Cir. 2010). “§ 734 (1955) (statutory laws of the United States generally "have the same force and effect in Puerto Rico as in the United States"); 42 U.”
Consejo De Salud Playa De Ponce v. Rullan, 586 F. Supp. 2d 22 (D.P.R. 2008). “All statutory laws of the United States, unless otherwise provided, would have the same force and effect in Puerto Rico as in the United States.”
United States v. Laboy-Torres, 553 F.3d 715 (3rd Cir. 2009). “” 48 U.S.C. § 737 . Finally, Puerto Rican judgments are guaranteed the same full faith and credit as are those of the States.”
Constr. Aggregates Corp. v. Julia Rivera De Vicenty, 573 F.2d 86 (1st Cir. 1978). “Construction argues that the failure of the manager to exempt this class of workers constitutes a violation of the full *97 faith and credit clause and the Puerto Rican Federal Relations Act, particularly 48 U.S.C. § 737 . Inasmuch as the action of the Insurance Fund in no way…”
Dimarco-Zappa v. Cabanillas, 238 F.3d 25 (1st Cir. 2001). “Note that the Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act, 48 U.S.C. § 737 , mandates that the “rights, privileges, and immunities of citizens of the United States shall be respected in Puerto Rico to the same extent as though Puerto Rico were a state of the Union.”
United States v. Tomas Villarin Gerena, 553 F.2d 723 (1st Cir. 1977). “Because this, is so, we do not consider whether a broad reading of 48 U.S.C. § 737 might also give Villarin’s victim a federal remedy.”
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