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ESPINAL-DOMINGUEZ v. COM. OF PUERTO RICO

No. 03-1551.

352 F.3d 490 (2003)

Tomas Aquino ESPINAL-DOMINGUEZ, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 19, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eduardo A. Vera Ramírez, with whom Eileen Landrón Guardiola and Landrón & Vera, L.L.P., were on brief, for appellant.

Nydia María Díaz-Buxó for appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

By means of this interlocutory appeal, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico attempts to exploit the Supreme Court's recent redefinition of the calculus of federalism. See, e.g., Rosie D. v. Swift, 310 F.3d 230, 231 (1st Cir.2002) (noting that the Court has "tilt[ed] the scales more and more toward states' rights"). The Commonwealth's core contention is that the 1991...

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