GARCÍA-MONAGAS v. DE ARELLANO

No. 09-1460.

674 F.3d 45 (2012)

Jorge GARCÍA MONAGAS, Diego García Monagas and Giselda García Monagas, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Ileana García-Ramirez DE ARELLANO; Fredeswinda García-Ramirez de Arellano; Bd. of Dir. of W. Holding Company, Inc.; Frank C. Stipes-García; Bd. of Dir. A to K; Bd. of Dir. of Western Bank of PR; Bd. of Dir. of Western Bank Ins. Corp.; John Doe; Bd. of Dir. A through F of Central Eureka, CKI Ins. Co.; Estate of Miguel A. García-Mendez; Estate of Fredeswinda García-Ramirez de Arellano; Estate of Antonia Cabassa-Texidor; Estate of Oscar Arturo García-Palacios; Estate of Oscar García Cabassa; Estate of Myriam García-Barber; Estate of Oscar García-Bush; Estate of Zulma Anselma García-Cabassa; Estate of Zulma Vilella-García; Estate of Juan E. Vilella; Estate of Fiori Vilella-García; Estate of Consuelo García-Cabassa; Estate of Zoe Blasini-García; Estate of Oscar Blasini-García; Estate of Teodoro Pascual Fajardo-Cabassa; Estate of Manuel Moreda; Estate of Rita Vilella-Bothwell; Estate of Reina Colon-Alfonso; Federal Ins. Co.; Insurance Companies A to Z; Insurance Companies AA, BB, CC, DD, EE, FF; Annette Blasini-Batista, a/k/a Annette Rita Blasini-Batista; Elbia García-Camara; Oscar García-Camara; Carlos T. Garcia-Camara; Antonia Blasini-Batista; Sylvia Consuelo Blasini-Batista; Zoe Blasini-Garcia; Blanca Toledo; Alejandro Santopalo-Vilella; Fabiola Santopalo-Vilella; W. Holding Company, Inc., d/b/a Western Bank of PR; Western Bank Ins. Corp.; Estate of Flavia Vilella-García; Deloitte & Touche, LLP., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 16, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Vallone, Jr. , with whom Ralph Vallone, Jr. Law Offices was on brief, for appellants.

Armando J. Martínez Vilella , with whom Martínez Vilella Law Offices and Ramon Torres Rodriguez were on brief, for appellees Flavia Vilella García, Fiori Vilella García, Zulma Vilella García, Silvia Consuelo Blasini Batista, Annette Mary Blasini Batista and Antonia Rita Blasini Batista.

Ruben T. Nigaglioni , with whom Veronica Ferraiuoli Hornedo , Rafael J. Martínez and Nigaglioni & Ferraiuoli Law Offices were on brief, for appellees Ileana García-Ramirez de Arellano, Fredeswinda García-Ramirez de Arellano, Frank Stipes-García and W. Holding Company, Inc.

Antonio Moreda Toledo , Irma R. Valldejuli and Moreda (M) Moreda, P.S.C., on brief for appellees Manuel A. Moreda, Blanca Toledo de Moreda and their Conjugal Partnership.

Before LIPEZ, HOWARD and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is the latest chapter in a long-running intra-family dispute over property in Puerto Rico. Attempting to secure this property, siblings Jorge, Diego and Giselda García-Monagas have previously filed multiple lawsuits in the Puerto Rico Commonwealth courts. In each of these actions, the siblings, appellants here, advanced the same basic claim: under Puerto Rico inheritance law they were the rightful owners of the property. Each...

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