| 23-674 |
Rafael Hernández-Montañez v. Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico |
First Circuit |
2023-12-21 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
bankruptcy civil-procedure financial-crisis financial-oversight-and-management-board judicial-jurisdiction municipal-bankruptcy promesa promesa-act puerto-rico puerto-rico-debt territorial-instrumentality territorial-oversight |
On June 30, 2016, in response to a severe financial crisis that rendered the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico insolvent after the territory declared its in… |
| 22-96 |
Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, Inc. |
First Circuit |
2022-08-01 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (11) |
abrogation circuit-split federal-jurisdiction financial-oversight-and-management-board puerto-rico puerto-rico-oversight sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation |
It is a bedrock principle of federalism that a statute does not abrogate sovereign immunity unless Congress's intent to abrogate is "unmistakably clea… |
| 18-1496 |
Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of All Title III Debtors Other Than COFINA v. Aurelius Investment, LLC, et al. |
First Circuit |
2019-05-31 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
administrative-law appointments-clause article-ii article-iv constitutional-law federal-jurisdiction financial-oversight financial-oversight-and-management-board financial-oversight-board oversight-board puerto-rico separation-of-powers territorial-clause territorial-governance |
Whether the Appointments Clause governs the appointment of members of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico. |
| 18-1334 |
Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment, LLC, et al. |
First Circuit |
2019-04-24 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (2) |
appointments-clause article-iv constitutional-law exceptional-importance federal-government-structure federal-officers financial-oversight-and-management-board merits-review oversight-board puerto-rico separation-of-powers supreme-court territorial-government |
Whether the Appointments Clause governs the appointment of members of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico. |