GARCÍA-RUBIERA v. FORTUÑO

No. 12-2002.

727 F.3d 102 (2013)

Gladys GARCÍA-RUBIERA et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Luis G. FORTUÑO, Governor of Puerto Rico; Juan Carlos Puig-Morales, Treasury Secretary, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

August 16, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Antonio J. Amadeo-Murga , for appellants.

Susana I. Peñagarícano-Brown , Assistant Solicitor General, Department of Justice, for appellees.

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


KAYATTA, Circuit Judge.

As this court has detailed in prior opinions, Puerto Rico law has operated since 1995 in a manner that effectively causes hundreds of thousands of motor vehicle owners to pay twice for liability insurance, once through a Commonwealth-run plan, and once in the private market. García-Rubiera v. Calderon ("García-Rubiera I"), 570 F.3d 443 (1st Cir.2009); García-Rubiera v. Fortuo...

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