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The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico (Tribunal Supremo) is the highest court of Puerto Rico, having judicial authority to interpret and decide questions of Puerto Rican law.The Court is analogous to one of the state supreme courts of the states of the United States; being the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico the highest state court and the court of last resort in Puerto Rico.
USDC, D of Puerto Rico. San Juan, PR. Civil Numbers 06-1260 (GAG) and 06-1524 (GAG) (Consolidated). 10 November 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2013. Guillermo A. Baralt, History of the Federal Court in Puerto Rico: 1899–1999 (2004) (Translated into English by Janis Palma, also published in Spanish as Historia del Tribunal Federal de Puerto Rico)
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico; 18°27'47.6"N 66°05'17.6"W: Established: 1900; 125 years ago (): Jurisdiction: Puerto Rico: Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico: Coordinates: 18°27'47.6"N 66°05'17.6"W: Composition method: Appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico with the advice and consent of the Senate: Authorised by: Constitution of Puerto Rico: Appeals to: Supreme Court of the United States ...
The Puerto Rico Department of Justice (PR DOJ) (Spanish: Departamento de Justicia de Puerto Rico) is the Executive Department of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico responsible for the enforcement of the local law in the commonwealth and the administration of justice. The Department is equivalent to the State Bureau of Investigation in many US states.
Méndez-Miró served on the Puerto Rico Court of Appeals from 2016 to 2023. [8] The Puerto Rico Court of Appeals is an intermediate appellate court with jurisdiction over cases originating in the Court of First Instance and determinations issued by administrative agencies. [9]
Puerto Rico is the only current U.S. jurisdiction whose legal system operates primarily in a language other than American English: namely, Spanish.Because the U.S. federal government operates primarily in English, Puerto Rican attorneys are typically bilingual in order to litigate in English in U.S. federal courts and to litigate federal preemption issues in Puerto Rican courts.
In 1898, the U.S. Government took possession of Puerto Rico and established a presence on the island. When the United States established a governance structure for Puerto Rico in 1900, the need for public buildings became apparent. [2] The structure is composed of two distinct but connected buildings.
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico; Severo Quiñones Court ; Chief Justice: José Severo Quiñones (1900–1909) : 1898–1899: Maragliano | Hernández Santiago | de Diego Martínez | Figueras | Nieto Abeillé | Roméu Aguayo