United States First Circuit

Where Puerto Rico law causes motor vehicle owners to pay twice for liability insurance, and this Court held that the failure to notify affected vehicle owners violated the procedural due process guarantees of the Constitution, the relief ordered by the district court fails to satisfy the minimum requirements of procedural due process under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, and thus: 1) the district court's permanent injunction is vacated, and the matter is remanded for the district court to craft an injunction that more fittingly remedies the Commonwealth's constitutional violations; and 2) the denial of plaintiffs' request for interim attorney fees is reversed.

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• Decided 08/16/2013
• Published 08/16/2013

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• United States First Circuit

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