United States First Circuit
FRESENIUS MED. CARE CARDIOVASCULAR RES., INC. v. PUERTO RICO, 02-1763
A public corporation is not an arm of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and so is not entitled to assert immunity under the Eleventh Amendment.
Appellate Information
- Decided 03/06/2003
- Published 04/24/2003
Judges
- LYNCH, Circuit Judge., Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, and COFFIN and CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States First Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Manuel R. Suarez Jiménez for appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Robert P. Mallory, with whom Jennifer J. Waldner, McDermott, Will & Emery, Néstor M. Méndez Gómez, Oreste R. Ramos, and Pietrantoni Méndez & Alvarez LLP were on brief for appellee.