Opinion ID: 200500
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Heading: The Puerto Rico Antitrust Claims.

Text: 43 The plaintiffs recast their Sherman Act claims as separate causes of action under Puerto Rico's antitrust law, 10 P.R. Laws Ann. § 258. That statute prohibits [e]very contract, combination ... or conspiracy in unreasonable restraint of trade or commerce in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Id. Because this language mirrors the language of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, we have treated the two provisions as coextensive. See Caribe BMW, Inc. v. Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, 19 F.3d 745, 754 (1st Cir.1994); see also Pressure Vessels v. Empire Gas, 137 P.R. Dec. 497, 508-20 (1994), 37 Offic. Trans. ___, ___ [Slip Op. Offic. Trans. at 8-20] (examining Puerto Rico's antitrust statute and articulating its equivalency to federal law). Hence, we apply the reasoning elucidated above and affirm the district court's entry of summary judgment for the defendants on these claims. 44