| Description | Date | Docket # |
| 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 |