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United States First Circuit - September 2001 Opinion Summaries

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THE RHODE ISLAND CHARITIES TRUST v. ENGELHARD CORP.

United States First Circuit
Contracts
If only one reading of a contract makes sense, because the proposed alternate reading would result in an obvious hardship that a reasonable person...
09/27/2001 01-1219

GUILLEMARD-NOBLE v. SANCHEZ-RODRIGUEZ

United States First Circuit
Insurance Law
Where the reasonable understanding of the Comprehensive General Liability policy coverage was that it did not extend to an unlisted premises not...
09/27/2001 00-2157

US v. CHHIEN

United States First Circuit
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
While an officer may not seize an object during a Terry frisk unless he has probable cause to believe that it is contraband, he is not prohibited from...
09/24/2001 00-2230

MCCAMBRIDGE v. HALL

United States First Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Federal law does not require a defendant to object when the prosecutor fails to reveal exculpatory evidence in violation of Brady v. Maryland because...
09/24/2001 00-1621

CONTO v. CONCORD HOSP., INC.

United States First Circuit
Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Allegations that coworkers asked an employee personal questions about her celibacy, romantic relationships, and marriage plans during her last four...
09/20/2001 01-1017

BONAS v. TOWN OF N. SMITHFIELD

United States First Circuit
Elections
Cases of total and complete disenfranchisement of the electorate as a whole are federally justiciable as patently and fundamentally unfair, so where...
09/19/2001 01-2139

US v. GOMEZ-GENAO

United States First Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure
The argument that if he had known an anonymous tipster's identity more than two days before trial, defendant could have hired an investigator who...
09/14/2001 01-1181

CUMMINGS v. THE STANDARD REGISTER CO.

United States First Circuit
Civil Procedure, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
Where the record suggests that the jury was confused by an expert's computational error, and very real question exists as to whether the evidence...
09/14/2001 00-2394; 00-2395

KEARNEY v. J.P. KING AUCTION CO., INC.

United States First Circuit
Injury & Tort Law
Assertions that at auction property would sell for between $3 and $10 million and that the auction would attract "heavy hitters" are not actionable...
09/13/2001 00-1837; 00-1910

SEC. & EXCHANGE COMM'N v. SG LTD.

United States First Circuit
Cyberspace Law, Securities Law
Virtual shares in an enterprise existing only in cyberspace, part of a fantasy investment game created for the personal entertainment of Internet...
09/13/2001 01-1176; 01-1332

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