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ROIG v. PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO

No. 3985.

147 F.2d 87 (1945)

ROIG v. PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

January 29, 1945.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rafael Castro Fernandez, of San Juan, Puerto Rico (James R. Beverley, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, of counsel), for appellant.

David L. Kreeger, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen. (Francis M. Shea, Asst. Atty. Gen., Fowler Harper, Sol., Department of the Interior, Irwin W. Silverman, Chief Counsel, Division of Territories and Island Possessions, Department of the Interior, Shirley Ecker Boskey, Atty., Department of the Interior, and James L. Morrisson and Phyllis Jane Campbell, all of Washington, D. C., of counsel), for appellee.

Before MAHONEY and WOODBURY, Circuit Judges, and SWEENEY, District Judge.

MAHONEY, Circuit Judge.

The Puerto Rican Sugar Act of 19421 declares that "the manufacture, processing, and refining of sugar" are "public-service enterprises" and provides that no one may engage in such an enterprise without a franchise from the Public Service Commission of Puerto Rico.2

This action was brought by the Attorney General in the name of The People of Puerto Rico, pursuant to § 55...

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