Mateo v. Empire Gas Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• “[T]he First Circuit has consistently recognized that, when it comes to private law disputes, Puerto Rico is a civil-law jurisdiction, ruled by a Civil Code derived from Spain . . . .”

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Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Aguayo-Cuevas v. Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority
  D. Puerto Rico· 2012-09-28· cited 3×
• Ortiz-Lebron v. United States
  D. Puerto Rico· 2013-05-20· cited 1×

Cites

45 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Erie Railroad v. Tompkins
  Supreme Court· 1938-04-25· cited 18,491×
• Maples v. Thomas
  Supreme Court· 2012-01-18· cited 724×
• Toibb v. Radloff
  Supreme Court· 1991-06-13· cited 500×
• Union Bank v. Wolas
  Supreme Court· 1991-12-11· cited 426×
• United States v. Wilfredo Diaz-Villafane
  First Circuit· 1989-06-06· cited 426×
• Leis v. Flynt
  Supreme Court· 1979-05-14· cited 420×
• Frazier v. Heebe
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-19· cited 196×
• James J. Kevlik v. David B. Goldstein, Town of Derry
  First Circuit· 1984-01-11· cited 162×
• Borschow Hospital & Medical Supplies, Inc. v. Cesar Castillo Inc.
  First Circuit· 1996-09-23· cited 148×
• Young v. City of Providence ex rel. Napolitano
  First Circuit· 2005-04-11· cited 128×
• United States v. Nathan George Dinitz
  Fifth Circuit· 1976-09-20· cited 125×
• Roma Construction Company and Peter Zanni v. Ralph R. Arusso
  First Circuit· 1996-09-27· cited 121×
• Valle v. American International Insurance
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1979-05-22· cited 116×
• Puerto Rico American Insurance v. Rivera-Vázquez
  First Circuit· 2010-05-05· cited 115×
• United States v. Hvass
  Supreme Court· 1958-03-03· cited 87×
• Butler v. Biocore Medical Technologies, Inc.
  Tenth Circuit· 2003-11-04· cited 79×
• Sanders v. Russell
  Fifth Circuit· 1968-09-18· cited 77×
• Diaz v. Gonzalez
  Supreme Court· 1923-02-19· cited 76×
• Illinois v. Mahaffey
  Supreme Court· 1989-10-02· cited 75×
• Mullane v. Chambers
  First Circuit· 2003-06-27· cited 69×

Other cases named Mateo v. Empire Gas Co.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Mateo v. Empire Gas Co.
  D. Puerto Rico· 2012-11-09· cited 3×