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U.S. v. COM. OF PUERTO RICO

Civ. No. 91-1486 (JAF).

764 F.Supp. 220 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. The COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO and the Regulations and Permits Administration, a/k/a Administracion de Reglamentos Y Permisos (A.R.P.E.), Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

May 7, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Osvaldo Carlo-Linares, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Juan, P.R., Daniel F. López-Romo, U.S. Atty., D. Puerto Rico, David G. Lubben, Joan A. Magagna, Housing & Civ. Enforcement Section, Civ. Rights Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.

Antonio Fiol-Matta, Director, Federal Litigation Div., Dept. of Justice, Commonwealth of P.R. Héctor Rivera-Cruz, Secretary of Justice, San Juan P.R., for defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER

FUSTE, District Judge.

Isla Verde Nursing Home is currently home to thirteen elderly individuals many or most of whom suffer from severe mental or physical handicaps. The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico's zoning agency, Administración de Reglamentos Y Permisos ("A.R.P.E."), refused to grant the nursing home's owner permission to operate the home in its present site, and ordered the home closed. When the owner refused to comply, A.R.P.E...

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