In Re San Juan Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire Litigation Plaintiffs' Steering Committee v. Tourism Company of Puerto Rico

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• recognizing that PRTC performs a vital government function in promoting the tourism industry and supervising gambling in the casinos
• Stating that since 70 to 75% of the Tourism Company’s budget depended on the central Government, any judgment enforced against the company would result in liabili ty for the Commonwealth
• affirming dismissal, on Eleventh Amendment grounds, of claims against the Tourism Company of Puerto Rico in mass tort action
• Puerto Rico Tourism Company immune where the Commonwealth supplied 70-75 percent of its funds; statutory provision that Commonwealth not liable for its debts insufficient to outweigh other factors
• Tourism Company held an arm of the state in spite of a statutory provision stating the Commonwealth is not responsible for the debts of the Company.
• 70-75% of funds provided by taxpayer dollars

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