28 U.S.C. § 1258 — Supreme Court of Puerto Rico; certiorari
submitted 65 years ago by Pub. L. 87-189 to r/title-28-JUDICIARY-AND-JUDICIAL-PROCEDURE · 110 words · no verdicts yet
The Supreme Court may review final judgments of Puerto Rico's Supreme Court by certiorari when they raise the specified federal treaty, statute, constitutional, title, right, privilege, or immunity issue.
The Supreme Court may review a final judgment or decree of the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico by certiorari when the validity of a United States treaty or statute is questioned; when a Puerto Rico statute is challenged as conflicting with the Constitution, treaties, or laws of the United States; or when a title, right, privilege, or immunity under the Constitution, treaties, statutes, commission, or authority of the United States is specially claimed.
Final judgments or decrees rendered by the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico may be reviewed by the Supreme Court by writ of certiorari where the validity of a treaty or statute of the United States is drawn in question or where the validity of a statute of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is drawn in question on the ground of its being repugnant to the Constitution, treaties, or laws of the United States, or where any title, right, privilege, or immunity is specially set up or claimed under the Constitution or the treaties or statutes of, or any commission held or authority exercised under, the United States.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 87–189, § 1, Aug. 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 417; amended Pub. L. 100–352, § 4, June 27, 1988, 102 Stat. 662.)
- 1961Enacted · Pub. L. 87-189 · 75 Stat. 417
- 1988Amended · Pub. L. 100-352 · 102 Stat. 662
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