ROGERS

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (34 total)

• Haydee Rodriguez v. Nasrallah, 659 So. 2d 437 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995)
  …from courts of sister States. Heritage Corp. of South Florida v. Rivas, 289 So. 2d 432, 434 (Fla. 3d DCA 1974); accord Americana of Puerto Rico v. Kaplus, 368 F. 2d 431 (3d Cir.1966), cert. denied sub nom., Kaplus v. Americana of Puerto Rico, Inc., 386 U.S. 943, 87 S.Ct. 977, 17 L.Ed.2d 874 (1967); Rocca v. Royal Bank of Canada, P.R., Inc., 726 F.Supp. 15 (D.P.R. [*440] 1989). A federal statute so provides. 28 U.S.C. § 1738. The summary final judgment nevertheless declined to give full faith and credit to…
• Seitlin & Co. v. Dirk R. Doebler, 489 So. 2d 1200 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986)
  …manded for further consistent proceedings. * The term "territory,” as used in acts of Congress, may have different meanings depending upon legislative intent. See Americana of Puerto Rico, Inc. v. Kaplus, 368 F. 2d 431 (3d Cir.1966), cert. denied, 386 U.S. 943, 87 S.Ct. 977, 17 L.Ed.2d 874 (1967). The same principle applies to the term "possession of the United States.” Vermilya-Brown Co. v. Connell, 335 U.S. 377, 69 S.Ct. 140, 93 L.Ed. 76 (1948). Seitlin relies on Connell which held that the term "posses…
• Examining Bd. of Eng'rs v. Flores de Otero, 426 U.S. 572 (U.S. 1976)
  …ity of Federal Law to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 56 Geo. L. J. 219, 221 (1967); Magruder, The Commonwealth Status of Puerto Rico, 15 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 1 (1953); Americana of Puerto Rico, Inc. v. Kaplus, 368 F. 2d 431 (CA3 1966), cert. denied, 386 U. S. 943 (1967). More importantly, the provisions relating to the jurisdiction of a Federal District Court in Puerto Rico were left undisturbed, and there is no evidence in the legislative history that would support a determination that Congress intended suc…