Clemente Trademark Suit Hinges on Puerto Rico High Court Case

Wednesday’s US Supreme Court argument in a public records fight could indicate the fate of a trademark case brought against Puerto Rico by baseball legend Roberto Clemente’s children, if the justices are inclined to tackle decades-old First Circuit precedent.

Clemente Properties Inc., run by Clemente’s three sons, filed a high court friend-of-the-court brief backing the journalists seeking records from a Congress-established oversight board. The brief asks the justices to toss out longstanding US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit precedent treating Puerto Rico as a state for the purposes of the 11th Amendment, which protects states from lawsuits brought ...