JARDÍN DE LAS CATALINAS LTD. PARTNERSHIP v. JOYNER

No. 12-1757.

766 F.3d 127 (2014)

JARDÍN DE LAS CATALINAS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP and Jardín De Santa Maria Limited Partnership, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. George R. JOYNER, In His Official Capacity as Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Housing Finance Authority, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

September 12, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ignacio Fernández de Lahongrais , with whom Bufete Fernández & Alcaraz, C.S.P. was on brief, for appellants.

Tomás A. Román-Santos , with whom José L. Ramírez-Coll and Fiddler, González & Rodríguez, PSC were on brief, for appellee.

Before THOMPSON, BALDOCK and SELYA, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This is what might be called a "pick your poison" case. In the proceedings below, the district court identified three justifications supporting its grant of judgment on the pleadings: waiver, untimeliness, and the absence of a constitutionally protected property interest in the tax credits sought by the plaintiffs. Although all of these avenues appear promising, principles of judicial economy and restraint counsel that we write no more broadly...

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