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United States First Circuit - November 2007 Opinion Summaries

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Cash v. Cycle Craft Co.
United States First Circuit
Labor & Employment Law 
In employment dispute over overtime, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed as plaintiff was an exempt employee not entitled to overtime under the... 		11/20/2007 07-1768
Skirchak v. Dynamics Research Corp.
United States First Circuit
Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law 
A decision striking a class action waiver contained in a company-imposed arbitration/dispute resolution program, is affirmed on grounds of... 		11/19/2007 06-2136, 06-2180
US v. Andujar-Arais
United States First Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing 
Sentence for illegal reentry after deportation is affirmed over claims that: 1) the district court declined to account for "unwarranted" sentence... 		11/19/2007 06-1189
US v. Arango
United States First Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing 
Convictions and sentences based on guilty pleas to money laundering and drug distribution charges are affirmed over primary claim that the district... 		11/15/2007 06-1318, 06-1319
US ex rel. Rost v. Pfizer, Inc.
United States First Circuit
Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law 
In whistleblower action against defendant pharmaceutical company under the federal False Claims Act, dismissal for failing to meet the pleading... 		11/15/2007 06-2627
Teti v. Bender
United States First Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus 
Denial of habeas petition is affirmed over claim that the state court erred in denying petitioner's claim that he received ineffective assistance of... 		11/08/2007 06-2371
United Food & Commercial Workers Union v. Shaw's Supermarkets, Inc.
United States First Circuit
Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law  (Industry: Retail)
In a suit by a union against a supermarket, alleging breach of a collective bargaining agreement, judgment on the pleadings for defendant is affirmed... 		11/07/2007 06-2405
Edwards v. Lexington Ins. Co.
United States First Circuit
Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Product Liability  (Industry: Retail)
In a suit to recover a personal injury award from a company's insurer after the company declared bankruptcy, summary judgment for defendant-insurer is... 		11/05/2007 07-1414
Parvez v. Keisler
United States First Circuit
Immigration Law  (Industry: Retail)
Petition for review of a denial of a motion to reopen proceedings is denied where: 1) petitioner's due process claim was a disguised challenge to fact... 		11/02/2007 06-1849
Bennett v. Saint-Gobain Corp.
United States First Circuit
Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law  (Industry: Retail)
In an employment discrimination action, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed over plaintiff's contentions that: 1) the district court... 		11/02/2007 07-1219

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