UNITED STATES BREWERS ASS'N, INC. v. PEREZ

No. 78-1393.

592 F.2d 1212 (1979)

UNITED STATES BREWERS ASSOCIATION, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Julio Cesar PEREZ, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 21, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley L. Feldstein, Old San Juan, P. R., with whom Gustavo A. Gelpi, Feldstein, Gelpi, Hernandez & Castillo, Old San Juan, P. R., and Federico A. Cordero, Carolina, P. R., were on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Federico Cedo Alzamora, Asst. Sol. Gen., Dept. of Justice, San Juan, P. R., with whom Hector A. Colon Cruz, Sol. Gen., San Juan, P. R., was on brief, for defendants, appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.


COFFIN, Chief Judge.

This is an action for declaratory and injunctive relief, brought by five United States mainland beer producers and a trade association representing the producers of 95 per cent of the beer sold in the United States, to restrain Puerto Rican officials from collecting an increase in the internal revenue tax on beer imposed by Act 37 of July 13, 1978. In the alternative, as set forth in the amended complaint, the plaintiffs sought to enjoin defendants...

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