# Puerto Rico's 500-Acre Limit - Source Packet

## Public Video

- YouTube Short: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9rxRor2LHfk
- YouTube ID: 9rxRor2LHfk
- Inventory status: published/live on the BoricuaReceipts YouTube Shorts feed

## Receipt Spine

- Puerto Rico law capped corporate agricultural holdings at 500 acres.
- Rubert Hermanos litigation shows enforcement conflict reached the U.S. Supreme Court.
- USDA history supports the broader sugar-economy context.

## Source Links

- 28 L.P.R.A. Section 402: https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-eight/part-ii/chapter-35/subchapter-i/402/
- People of Puerto Rico v. Rubert Hermanos, Inc.: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-supreme-court/309/543.html
- USDA ERS sugar economy report: https://www.ers.usda.gov/sites/default/files/images/rise-and-decline-of-puertorico_5_17.pdf

## Local Receipt Trail

- episode-07-500-acre-limit-pre-elevenlabs-approval-2026-06-12.md
- exports/episode-07/episode-07-500-acre-limit-v3-rick-approved-review-master-2026-06-13.md

## Public Guardrail

This page is included because the video is already public and now has an attached source trail. Keep draft-only production details out of the public archive.