Puerto Rico v. Shell Co. (PR), Ltd.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that successive prosecutions by federal and territorial courts are impermissible because such courts are “creations emanating from the same sovereignty”
• holding that successive prosecutions by federal and territorial courts are impermissible because such courts are \creations emanating from the same sovereignty\
• holding that the use of “Territory” in the Sherman Anti-Trust Act was meant in its most comprehensive sense and included Puerto Rico
• holding that successive prosecutions by federal and territorial courts are impermissible because such courts are “creations emanating from the same sovereignty”
• meaning of a statute is to be “construed if reasonably possible to effectuate the intent of the lawmakers”
• determining a statute’s applicability to Puerto Rico is a question of congressional intent

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).