UNITED STATES v. VAELLO MADERO

No. 20-303.

142 S.Ct. 1539 (2022)

596 U.S. 159

UNITED STATES, Petitioner, v. Jose Luis VAELLO MADERO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 21, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis E. Gannon , Deputy Solicitor General, for petitioner.

Hermann Ferré , New York, NY, for respondent.

Brian H. Fletcher , Elizabeth B. Prelogar , Acting Solicitor Generals, Counsel of Record, Brian M. Boynton , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Edwin S. Kneedler , Deputy Solicitor General, Vivek Suri , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Abby C. Wright , Laura E. Myron , Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Hermann Ferré , Counsel of Record, Juan O. Perla , Robert Groot , Andrew Larkin, Curtis , Mallet-Prevost , Colt & Mosle LLP, New York, NY, John W. Ferré-Crossley , for Respondent.


The United States includes five Territories: American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U. S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. This case involves Puerto Rico, which became a U. S. Territory in 1898 in the wake of the Spanish-American War.

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