Financial Oversight and Management Bd. for P. R. v. Centro De Periodismo Investigativo, Inc.

Decided May 11, 2023. Elena Kagan delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 22-96 · 598 U.S. 339 (2023) · Cited 30 times

Holding

Nothing in the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act—including its jurisdictional provision, 48 U. S. C. §2126(a)—categorically abrogates any sovereign immunity the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico enjoys from legal claims.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents · 528 U.S. 62 (2000)
• Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, Inc. · 547 U.S. 47 (2006)
• Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community · 572 U.S. 782 (2014)
• Alden v. Maine · 527 U.S. 706 (1999)
• Cutter v. Wilkinson · 544 U.S. 709 (2005)
• Dellmuth v. Muth · 491 U.S. 223 (1989)
• United States v. Grubbs · 547 U.S. 90 (2006)
• Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida · 517 U.S. 44 (1996)
• Caterpillar Inc. v. Lewis · 519 U.S. 61 (1996)
• Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority v. Metcalf & Eddy, Inc. · 506 U.S. 139 (1993)
• Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer · 427 U.S. 445 (1976)
• Sossamon v. Texas · 563 U.S. 277 (2011)
• Blatchford v. Native Village of Noatak · 501 U.S. 775 (1991)
• Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs · 538 U.S. 721 (2003)
• Federal Aviation Administration v. Cooper · 566 U.S. 284 (2012)
• Vance v. Terrazas · 444 U.S. 252 (1980)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service v. Kirtz · 601 U.S. 42 (2024)
• Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Coughlin · 599 U.S. 382 (2023)
• United States v. Miller · 604 U.S. 518 (2025)

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