Ayala Torres, Carlos Gerardo v. Portela, Julia

How courts have described this case

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• rejecting the plaintiffs' \conclusory statement\ that addressing Puerto Rico's then-$3.2 billion deficit was \neither [a] significant nor [a] legitimate\ - 13 - purpose
• requiring a plaintiff raising a Contract Clause claim to \list the state's articulated motive(s)\ for the action and \plead facts\ that cast doubt on the adequacy of those explanations
• affirming a motion to dismiss a Contract Clause claim where the plaintiffs did not \explain how\ increased use of federal aid could \alleviate a $3.2 billion deficit to such an extent as to render [the challenged] contractual impairments unnecessary\
• “Nor does the complaint aver facts demonstrating that Act No. 7 was an excessively drastic means of tackling the deficit.”
• \[a] pleading that offers 'labels and conclusions' or a 'formulaic recitation of the elements of a cause of action will not do' \
• placing this burden on the 21 plaintiffs

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