Pastrana-Torres v. Corporación De Puerto Rico Para La Difusión Pública

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that the power to sue and be sued and enter into contracts suggests that an entity is autonomous from the state
• noting that mandatory compliance with the APA and mandatory submission of reports to the Puerto Rico governor and legislature indicate Commonwealth control
• stating that reports to the Governor and the Puerto Rico Legislature indicates control of the entity
• stating that a Board of Directors governed by members appointed by the Governor, suggest Commonwealth’s control over the entity
• \[Eleventh Amendment] immunity applies only to the states themselves and entities that are determined to be arms of a state.\
• “[The entity seeking immunity] has offered no materials substantiating its assertion [that the entity’s entire budget comes from a Commonwealth fund] and ... it has the burden of proof.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).