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United States First Circuit - January 2010 Opinion Summaries

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Latin American Music Co. v. American Soc'y of Composers Authors & Publishers
United States First Circuit
Civil Procedure, Contracts, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property 
In parties' dispute over the rights to a song, jury verdict in favor of the defendants is affirmed where: 1) district court did not err in instructing...
01/29/2010 08-1498
US v. Cartagena
United States First Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence 
Conviction of defendant for drug-trafficking conspiracy is affirmed where: 1) the district court did not err in concluding that the omission or...
01/29/2010 08-2177
US v. Carl
United States First Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing 
Conviction of defendant for distributing drugs and sentence to 120 months imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release is affirmed where: 1) even if...
01/29/2010 08-2281
US v. Larios
United States First Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence 
Conviction of defendants for drug related crimes, after they were captured on audio/video participating in drug transactions in a motel room with an...
01/29/2010 08-1299
Ramirez-Lebron v. Int'l Shipping Agency, Inc.
United States First Circuit
Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law 
In a labor dispute involving seniority rights between two employee groups of defendant's, dismissal of the complaint is reversed and remanded as the...
01/29/2010 08-2321
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Found., Inc. v. Buchel
United States First Circuit
Civil Procedure, Contracts, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property 
In a dispute between an artist and a museum over the implementation and installation of a football-field sized artwork, judgment of the district court...
01/27/2010 08-2199
J.R. v. Gloria
United States First Circuit
Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Law 
In plaintiffs' action raising substantive due process claims under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and state law claims under Rhode Island negligence law for...
01/27/2010 09-1404
Weng v. Holder
United States First Circuit
Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Law, Immigration Law 
Chinese citizen's petition for review of the BIA's denial of a petition for asylum and related relief is denied as, although the IJ discussed some but...
01/27/2010 09-1273
US v. Alfonso-Reyes
United States First Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Sentencing 
Convictions of defendants for defrauding the Farm Service Agency (FSA) of emergency loans and incentives to qualified farmers following the damage...
01/25/2010 06-1484
Gray v. Brady
United States First Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus 
District court's denial of defendant's request for habeas relief, convicted of distributing cocaine and for doing so in a public park, is affirmed...
01/25/2010 08-2548

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