PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO v. UNITED STATES

No. 3782.

132 F.2d 220 (1942)

PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO v. UNITED STATES et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

December 18, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Cattron Rigby, of Washington, D. C. (George A. Malcolm, Atty. Gen., of Puerto Rico, and Warner W. Gardner, Solicitor for the Department of the Interior, of Washington, D. C., of counsel), for appellant.

Dwight D. Doty, Atty., Dept. of Justice, of Washington, D. C. (Norman M. Littell, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Vernon L. Wilkinson, Atty., Dept. of Justice, both of Washington, D. C., and Walter L. Newsom, Jr., of San Juan, Puerto Rico, on the brief), for United States, appellee.

Rafael Castro Fernandez, Daniel Pellon, Jr., and Mariano Acosta Velarde, all of San Juan, Puerto Rico, for Casino de Puerto Rico, appellee.

Before MAGRUDER, MAHONEY and WOODBURY, JJ.


WOODBURY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico in proceedings brought by the United States of America for the condemnation of a parcel of land situated in San Juan, known as the Casino de Puerto Rico property.

Jurisdiction over this appeal is conferred upon this court by § 128 of the Judicial Code, 28 U.S.C.A. § 225.

On December 4, 1941, the United States Government filed...

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