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United States First Circuit - July 2001 Opinion Summaries

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WHITNEY v. GREENBERG, ROSENBLATT, KULL & BITSOLI, P.C.

United States First Circuit
Labor & Employment Law
Where plaintiff's cognitive impairment was mild, reversible, and short lived, no reasonable jury could conclude that it substantially limited her...
07/27/2001 00-2319

FORTINI v. MURPHY

United States First Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence
While it is error to prohibit introduction of evidence showing the victim's state of mind if it tends to prove the defendant's claim of self-defense,...
07/27/2001 00-2305

US v. HILTON

United States First Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law
An expert's testimony that files in the same folder with Internet relay chat software "likely" were downloaded from the Internet is sufficient...
07/27/2001 00-2545

US v. TEETER

United States First Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
An advance waiver of appellate rights contained in a plea agreement may be valid, but the district court must address on the record any waiver of...
07/23/2001 00-2332

GONZALEZ-GONZALEZ v. US

United States First Circuit
Civil Procedure
District courts must assume that assertions in plaintiff's complaint are true before sua sponte dismissal of the case and before the defendant has...
07/23/2001 00-1564

US v. BLASTOS

United States First Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure
Where the jury heard substantial evidence on the issue, and the court's instruction to jury accomplished its intended purpose, the failure to instruct...
07/19/2001 00-2116

US v. GONZALEZ-GONZALEZ

United States First Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure
A defendant is only entitled to a new trial after discovering evidence of government knowledge of witness perjury if the defendant can show reasonable...
07/19/2001 00-2014

ADAMES v. EXECUTIVE AIRLINES, INC.

United States First Circuit
Labor & Employment Law
Where claims for benefits under the labor laws of Puerto Rico cannot be resolved without interpreting the collective bargaining agreement, the Railway...
07/19/2001 00-1663

CADLE CO. v. SCHLICHTMANN

United States First Circuit
Bankruptcy Law
A security interest in the accounts receivable of a law firm, including an account arising from a contingent fee agreement, survives the firm's...
07/19/2001 00-1517

US v. SEBAGGALA

United States First Circuit
Evidence
Where an expert's proposed testimony is grounded primarily in "anecdotal experiences" and is "speculative at best," the testimony would not materially...
07/16/2001 99-1349

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