El Pueblo de Puerto Rico v. Pagán Cruz

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• contracting officer’s statements of indemnification not binding when indemnification not included in permit agreement or envisioned in appropriation
• refusing to reform government contract to include indemnity provision proscribed by the ADA
• Nevada law required that power lines be maintained in accordance with standards of National Electrical Safety Code
• public utility sought to recover the funds expended by its insurer to settle a claim
• “absent an express provision in an appropriation for reimbursement adequate to make such payment, section 665 [the counterpart to 33 V.I.C. § 3101] proscribes indemnification on the grounds that it would constitute the obligation of funds not yet appropriated.”
• statute interpreted to ban indemnifi cation clauses

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).