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GONZALEZ-OYARZUN v. CARIBBEAN CITY BUILDERS, INC.

Nos. 14-1954, 14-1971.

798 F.3d 26 (2015)

Faustino GONZÁLEZ-OYARZUN, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. CARIBBEAN CITY BUILDERS, INC.; Me Salve, Inc.; GIB Development LLC, Defendants, Appellees, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; Office of the Courts Administration Interested Parties, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

August 17, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juan A. Marqués-Díaz and Isabel Torres-Sastre on brief for appellant, Office of the Courts Administration.

Margarita Mercado-Echegaray , Solicitor General, Andrés González-Berdecía , Assistant Solicitor General, and Office of the Solicitor General, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico on brief for appellant, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Enrique J. Mendoza Méndez and Mendoza Law Offices on brief for appellee, Faustino González-Oyarzun.

Sergio E. Criado , Correa Acevedo & Abesada Law Offices, Carlos R. Paula , Jaime E. Picó-Rodríguez and Labor Counsels, LLC on brief for appellees, Caribbean City Builders, Inc., Me Salve, Inc., and GIB Development, LLC.

Before HOWARD, Chief Judge, KAYATTA and BARRON, Circuit Judges.

The district court dismissed this employment dispute on the basis of a valid forum selection clause. It simultaneously issued a declaratory judgment stating that the Seventh Amendment requires Puerto Rico to provide civil litigants with a jury trial. This latter action was in contravention of binding Supreme Court precedent. Accordingly, we...

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