United States First Circuit - December 2000 Opinion Summaries
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US v. SOLARESUnited States First Circuit
Criminal Law & ProcedureFour-level upward adjustment for being an organizer of criminal scheme is appropriate under USSG 3B1.1(a) where defendant recruited only other member... |
12/29/2000 | 99-2204 |
US v. MOOREUnited States First Circuit
Criminal Law & ProcedureOfficers who were justified in making investigatory stop of defendant in high crime area may also require a suspect to reveal object he is hiding in... |
12/29/2000 | 00-1174 |
US v. HERNANDEZ-VEGAUnited States First Circuit
Criminal Law & ProcedureUnder 21 USC 848(a) and (b), continuing criminal enterprise, jury instruction for continuing drug conspiracy need not identify which predicate... |
12/29/2000 | 99-1462 |
SHEEK v. RAYTHEON ENGINEERSUnited States First Circuit
Civil Procedure, EvidenceViolation of Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 26(e)(1), requiring supplemental discovery disclosures if expert witness discovers new information to base an opinion,... |
12/29/2000 | 99-2221 |
FIERRO v. RENOUnited States First Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Family Law, Immigration LawUnder 8 USC 1432(a), "having legal custody of the child" is legal custody under the law of the state in question, and Congress clearly intended that a... |
12/27/2000 | 99-8018 |
MAURICE v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO.United States First Circuit
Insurance LawMaine law, 24-A M.R.S.A. 2902-D, does not render the owned vehicle exclusion in an insurance policy void because the statute applies only to... |
12/21/2000 | 00-1679 |
NUNEZ v. CARIBBEAN INT'L NEWS CORP.United States First Circuit
Intellectual PropertyThe "newsworthy" nature of nude Miss Uiverse Puerto Rico photographs, the difficulty of presenting the story without the photographs, and the minimal... |
12/21/2000 | 99-2266 |
ROJAS-REYNOSO v. INSUnited States First Circuit
Immigration LawWhere petitioner cannot prove that the INS district director had a policy of extending departure deadlines upon oral request until the request was... |
12/21/2000 | 00-1611 |
BARBOSA v. SOLOMANUnited States First Circuit
Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Law, Property Law & Real EstateWhere a debtor "strips down" a mortgage, underpays the unsecured creditors, and obtains a discharge under 11 USC 1328(a), while selling the property... |
12/21/2000 | 00-1221 |
US v. COMMONWEALTH ENERGY SYS. AND SUBSIDIARY CO.United States First Circuit
Tax LawSection 204(a)(3) of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 allows an investment tax credit for otherwise qualified property if that property "is readily... |
12/21/2000 | 00-1113 |
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