New Progressive Party v. Hernandez Colon

How courts have described this case

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

• “Because [the State Elections Commission and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico] are immune from suit under the Eleventh Amendment, they are not amenable to suit in federal court.”
• Puerto Rico Elections Commission immune from suit in federal court
• “The plaintiffs in this case are seeking an injunction, not monetary damages. Regardless of any congressional abrogation or state waiver of immunity, federal courts have the power to enjoin state officials to conform their conduct to the requirements of federal law.”
• claim that referendum process violates guarantee clause held not justiciable
• claim that referendum process violates guarantee clause held not justiciable

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Lino Celle and Radio Mindanao Network Usa, Inc. v. Filipino Reporter Enterprises Inc. And Libertito Pelayo
  Second Circuit· 2000-04-12· cited 323×
• Berríos Martínez v. Rosselló González
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1994-09-30· cited 20×
• Popular Democratic Party v. Com. of Puerto Rico
  D. Puerto Rico· 1998-10-13· cited 15×
• Sánchez Vilella v. Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1993-11-10· cited 14×
• State v. Davis
  Washington Supreme Court· 1997-09-11· cited 8×
• State v. Davis
  Washington Supreme Court· 2007-05-01· cited 7×
• Arroyo Otero v. Hernandez Purcell
  D. Puerto Rico· 1992-10-14· cited 7×
• Hernandez-Lopez v. Com. of Puerto Rico
  D. Puerto Rico· 1998-12-09· cited 7×
• Guillemard Gionorio v. Contreras Gomez
  D. Puerto Rico· 2004-02-04· cited 7×
• Nogueras-Cartagena v. Rossello-Gonzalez
  D. Puerto Rico· 1998-10-07· cited 7×
• Guillemard Gionorio v. Contreras Gomez
  D. Puerto Rico· 2004-06-04· cited 6×
• Trans America Recovery Services, Inc. v. Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping Authority
  D. Puerto Rico· 1993-04-21· cited 5×
• Serrano-Lopez v. Cooper
  D. Puerto Rico· 2002-04-04· cited 5×
• United States v. Lebrón-Caceres
  D. Puerto Rico· 2016-01-14· cited 5×
• Olguin Arroyo v. State Election Board
  D. Puerto Rico· 1998-11-30· cited 3×
• Santiago-Sepulveda v. Esso Standard Oil Company
  D. Puerto Rico· 2008-10-29

Cites

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

• Warth v. Seldin
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-25· cited 10,875×
• Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman
  Supreme Court· 1984-01-23· cited 8,956×
• Edelman v. Jordan
  Supreme Court· 1974-05-13· cited 6,517×
• Baker v. Carr
  Supreme Court· 1962-03-26· cited 6,173×
• Allen v. Wright
  Supreme Court· 1984-09-18· cited 4,763×
• Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1982-01-12· cited 4,651×
• Yick Wo v. Hopkins
  Supreme Court· 1886-05-10· cited 3,789×
• Reynolds v. Sims
  Supreme Court· 1964-10-12· cited 3,703×
• Dunn v. Blumstein
  Supreme Court· 1972-03-21· cited 2,034×
• Havens Realty Corp. v. Coleman
  Supreme Court· 1982-02-24· cited 1,974×
• Alabama v. Pugh
  Supreme Court· 1978-07-03· cited 1,914×
• United Public Workers of America v. Mitchell
  Supreme Court· 1947-02-10· cited 1,457×
• Thomas v. Collins
  Supreme Court· 1945-01-15· cited 1,292×
• Kramer v. Union Free School District No. 15
  Supreme Court· 1969-10-13· cited 1,031×
• Carrington v. Rash
  Supreme Court· 1965-03-01· cited 743×
• Kusper v. Pontikes
  Supreme Court· 1973-11-19· cited 640×
• Tashjian v. Republican Party of Connecticut
  Supreme Court· 1986-12-10· cited 602×
• Amador Valley Joint Union High School District v. State Board of Equalization
  California Supreme Court· 1978-09-22· cited 542×
• Rosario v. Rockefeller
  Supreme Court· 1973-04-23· cited 466×
• Downes v. Bidwell
  Supreme Court· 1901-05-27· cited 463×