Puerto Rico

First and Ninth Circuits Split on Discharge of Takings Clause Claims

Splitting with the Ninth Circuit, the First Circuit holds that claims under the Takings Clause cannot be discharged in a municipal bankruptcy.
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First Circuit Majority Says Sovereign Immunity Abrogated as to the Puerto Rico Oversight Board

Dissenter implies that the First Circuit should sit en banc and rule that the Oversight Board’s sovereign immunity was not waived
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