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WATCHTOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOC. v. COLOMBANI

No. 12-1370.

712 F.3d 6 (2013)

WATCHTOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK, INC. et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Guillermo Somoza COLOMBANI et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

April 1, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Polidoro , with whom Gregory Allen , Associate General Counsel, Legal Department, and Nora Vargas Acosta , were on brief for appellants.

Susana I. Peñagarícano-Brown , Assistant Solicitor General, Department of Justice, with whom Luis R. Román-Negrón , Solicitor General, was on brief for appellees.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and SELYA, Circuit Judges.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

With only limited exceptions, the federal judicial system bans piecemeal review of trial court decisions. This policy is grounded in considerations of efficiency and the proper allocation of overtaxed judicial resources. Courts of appeals must police these boundaries with vigilance. This is such an occasion.

This appeal arises out of an order dismissing officials of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (collectively, the Commonwealth defendants...

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