United States First Circuit

The district court's determination that two Puerto Rico construction statutes violate the dormant Foreign Commerce Clause is remanded to determine whether the market participant doctrine applies to the dormant Foreign Commerce Clause.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/25/2005
• Published 05/26/2005

Judges

• SELYA, Circuit Judge., Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Doraliz E. Ortiz-de-Leon, Assistant Solicitor General, with whom Roberto J. Sánchez-Ramos, Solicitor General, and Kenneth Pamias-Velázquez, Deputy Solicitor General, were on brief, for appellants., Juan Ramón Cancio, with whom Patricia Ramírez Gelpí, Cancio Covas & Santiago, LLP, Dora L. Monserrate Peñagarícano, Rubén T. Nigaglioni, and Nigaglioni & Ferraiouli Law Offices, PSC were on brief, for intervenor.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lino J. Saldaña for appellee.