Title 48, Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-110
§2152 Intervention in Litigation
Title 48 › CHAPTER 20 — PUERTO RICO OVERSIGHT, MANAGEMENT, AND ECONOMIC STABILITY › SUBCHAPTER II — RESPONSIBILITIES OF OVERSIGHT BOARD › § 2152
Summary
The Oversight Board can join any lawsuit filed against the territorial government. If it joins, it may ask a court for injunctive relief, such as pausing the case. But the law does not by itself create a new right to that relief.
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Title 48, §2152
Territories and Insular Possessions, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)Intervention
The Oversight Board may intervene in any litigation filed against the territorial government.
(b)Injunctive relief
(1)In general
If the Oversight Board intervenes in a litigation under subsection (a), the Oversight Board may seek injunctive relief, including a stay of litigation.
(2)No independent basis for relief
This section does not create an independent basis on which injunctive relief, including a stay of litigation, may be granted.
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Citation
48 U.S.C. § 2152
Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110