Puerto Rican Board Can’t Be Sued by Media Group, Justices Say (3)

The US Supreme Court ruled against a Puerto Rican media organization in its quest to obtain documents from the federal board overseeing the island’s financial restructuring.

In an 8-1 ruling on Thursday, the justices said Congress wasn’t sufficiently clear in whether it waived sovereign immunity for the Financial Management and Oversight Board that would allow Centro de Periodismo Investigativo Inc. to sue the board to get documents related to Puerto Rico’s restructuring.

The opinion reverses lower courts’ findings that the media organization can sue the board because a federal law that created it allows such lawsuits to be filed.

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