Title 48 — Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-73
§2152 Intervention in litigation
Title 48 › Chapter CHAPTER 20— - PUERTO RICO OVERSIGHT, MANAGEMENT, AND ECONOMIC STABILITY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - RESPONSIBILITIES OF OVERSIGHT BOARD › § 2152
Summary
The Oversight Board can join lawsuits that are filed against the territorial government. If it joins a case, it can ask a court for orders to stop actions, including pausing the lawsuit, but this law by itself does not give courts any new reason to grant those orders.
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Title 48, §2152
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(a)The Oversight Board may intervene in any litigation filed against the territorial government.
(b)(1)If the Oversight Board intervenes in a litigation under subsection (a), the Oversight Board may seek injunctive relief, including a stay of litigation.
(2)This section does not create an independent basis on which injunctive relief, including a stay of litigation, may be granted.
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48 U.S.C. § 2152
Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73