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United States First Circuit - October 2001 Opinion Summaries

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BRACKETT v. US

United States First Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure
The accrual date for the application of the one year limitations period in 28 USC 2255(4) is the date when the prisoner knew the facts giving rise to...
10/31/2001 01-1466

US v. LAINE

United States First Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure
Parties may not re-litigate on appeal those credibility judgments and other fact-sensitive determinations that the district court resolved at the...
10/31/2001 01-1432

US v. SCOTT

United States First Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure
Reasonable suspicion of the fraud of attempting to pass a bad check sufficient to justify an investigative stop under Terry v. Ohio, does not alone...
10/30/2001 99-2236; 00-1379; 00-1381; 00-1669; 00-1767; 00-2350

HOPKINS v. JORDAN MARINE, INC.

United States First Circuit
Admiralty
A jury instruction in a Jones Act case that "failing to observe an obvious condition" will not make a vessel unseaworthy is not an assumption of risk...
10/29/2001 01-1027

BATISTA v. ASHCROFT

United States First Circuit
Evidence, Immigration Law
Under 8 USC 1432, when an alien claims citizenship in the petition for review, an appellate court may look to documents beyond the administrative...
10/29/2001 00-2525

ARECIBO CMTY. HEALTH CARE, INC. v. COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO

United States First Circuit
Bankruptcy Law
Under 11 USC 106(b), a state's filing of a claim in bankruptcy waives any 11th Amendment immunity from counterclaims.
10/29/2001 00-1774

US v. LEWKO

United States First Circuit
Constitutional Law, Family Law
Because neither the Child Support Recovery Act, 18 USC 228(a)(1), nor the Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act, 18 USC 228(a)(3), have the purpose or...
10/25/2001 01-1231

C.K. SMITH & CO., INC. v. MOTIVA ENTERS. LLC

United States First Circuit
Oil and Gas Law
The Petroleum Marketing Practices Act, 15 USC 2801-2841, does not provide any relief for a franchisee who negligently fails to execute renewal...
10/25/2001 01-1161

GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS INT'L UNION, LOCAL 12-N v. QUEBECOR PRINTING PROVIDENCE, INC.

United States First Circuit
Civil Procedure
Where counsel demonstrated his ignorance of the amount of time allowed for filing a notice of appeal, the district court need not grant additional...
10/25/2001 00-2127

SAVE OUR HERITAGE, INC. v. FED. AVIATION ADMIN.

United States First Circuit
Administrative Law, Environmental Law
Where the FAA made specific findings that the effects on the environment and on historic properties from ten or so daily flights would be de minimis,...
10/23/2001 00-2340

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