Rivera-Feliciano v. Acevedo-Vila

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “in light of the many underlying unresolved issues of Puerto Rican law[,] it would be better to avoid piecemeal litigation”
• holding that abstention was necessary to allow appeals to run their course to the Puerto Rico Supreme Court for a final determination of Puerto Rico statutory and administrative law
• discussing that state would “give credit for . . . time served in the [electronic surveillance program]”
• upholding a preliminary injunction enjoining enforcement of Puerto Rican statute pending a final interpretation
• better to avoid piecemeal litigation and allow Puerto Rico courts to decide controlling issues of Puerto Rico law

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).