United States First Circuit
Esso Standard Oil Co. v. Lopez-Freytes, 07-1218
An order which permanently enjoined defendants, several members and officials of the Puerto Rico Quality Board, from imposing a $76 million fine on plaintiff is affirmed over claims that: 1) the district court should have abstained from exercising jurisdiction pursuant to the Younger abstention doctrine; and 2) in any event, the court erred in concluding that there existed bias necessitating the imposition of the injunction.
Appellate Information
- Decided 04/10/2008
- Published 04/10/2008
Judges
- TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, BALDOCK, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
Court
- United States First Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Salvador J. Antonetti-Stutts, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, with whom Luis José Torres-Asencio, Assistant Solicitor General, Eduardo A. Vera-Ramírez, Eileen Landrón-Guardiola, Luis A. Rodríguez-Muñoz, and Landrón & Vera, LLP were on brief, for appellants.
- For Appellees:
- Charles G. Cole, with whom Alice E. Loughran, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Lawrence P. Riff, Jason Levin, John F. Nevares, and John F. Nevares & Assoc., PSC were on brief, for appellee.