STARLIGHT SUGAR, INC. v. SOTO

No. 96-1332.

114 F.3d 330 (1997)

STARLIGHT SUGAR, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Neftali SOTO, Individually and as Secretary of the Department of Agriculture of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 30, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edgardo Rodríguez-Quilichini, Assistant Solicitor General, Department of Justice, with whom Carlos Lugo-Fiol, Solicitor General, and Edda Serrano-Blasini, Deputy Solicitor General, were on brief for appellant.

Marcos A. Ramírez-Lavandero, with whom Eduardo A. VeraRamírez, Janice M. Gutiérrez-Lacourt and Marcos A. Ramírez-Lavandero & Associates were on brief for appellees.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and STAHL, Circuit Judge.


TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.

The Department of Agriculture of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico urges us to vacate a preliminary injunction issued on December 21, 1995 that bars the enforcement of Section Six of its Market Regulation 13.1 Section Six prohibits the importation into Puerto Rico of refined sugar intended for consumer sale that is not prepackaged in units of five pounds or less. The district court held that the regulation violated...

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