Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 28 : Section 1258


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 1258. Supreme Court of Puerto Rico; certiorari

      Final judgments or decrees rendered by the Supreme Court of the
    Commonwealth of Puerto Rico may be reviewed by the Supreme Court by
    writ of certiorari where the validity of a treaty or statute of the
    United States is drawn in question or where the validity of a
    statute of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is drawn in question on
    the ground of its being repugnant to the Constitution, treaties, or
    laws of the United States, or where any title, right, privilege, or
    immunity is specially set up or claimed under the Constitution or
    the treaties or statutes of, or any commission held or authority
    exercised under, the United States.



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