IN RE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND MGMT. BOARD

No. 20-1332.

985 F.3d 122 (2021)

IN RE: The FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO, as Representative for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, as Representative for the Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority; The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, as Representative for the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA); The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, as Representative for The Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation, a/k/a Cofina; The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, as Representative for the Employees Retirement System of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, as Representative of the Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority, Debtors. Unión de Trabajadores de la Industria Eléctrica y Riego (UTIER), Petitioner, Appellant, v. José F. Ortiz-Vázquez; The Financial Oversight and Management Board, as Representative for the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), Respondents, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

January 15, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guillermo Ramos-Luiña , San Juan, PR, on brief for appellant.

Timothy W. Mungovan , John E. Roberts , Boston, MA, Martin J. Bienenstock , Stephen L. Ratner , Jonathan E. Richman , Mark D. Harris , New York, NY, Shiloh Rainwater , and Proskauer Rose LLP on brief for appellees.

Before Lynch, Kayatta, and Barron, Circuit Judges.


In this appeal from the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act ("PROMESA") Title III court in Puerto Rico, the sole remaining question is whether that court appropriately dismissed the petitioner's mandamus petition for failure to state a claim. The petition alleges that the Puerto Rico Electric Power...

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