United States First Circuit - April 2003 Opinion Summaries
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| Description | Date | Docket # |
|---|---|---|
US v. RODRIGUEZUnited States First Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, SentencingWhere the district court's statements as to its reasons for refusal to depart downward under the sentencing guidelines are ambiguous, the sentence is... |
04/30/2003 | 02-1861 |
LAWTON v. NYMANUnited States First Circuit
Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Remedies, Securities LawOfficers and directors of a closely held family corporation breached their fiduciary duty to minority shareholders, whose shares the officers caused... |
04/29/2003 | 02-1371, 02-1407 |
US v. NEWTONUnited States First Circuit
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & ProcedureDefendant's retrial was not barred by the Double Jeopardy Clause as the trial judge did not intentionally provoke defendant's request for a mistrial.... |
04/29/2003 | 02-1643 |
COCHRAN v. QUEST SOFTWARE, INC.United States First Circuit
Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, Securities LawPlaintiff in a wrongful termination claim was an at-will employee, as no definite term of employment can be implied from the text of an offer letter.... |
04/29/2003 | 02-2326 |
GUZMAN v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERV.United States First Circuit
Immigration Law, International LawDenial of an application for asylum and for the withholding of removal is affirmed where petitioner failed to show he was singled out for persecution,... |
04/28/2003 | 02-1762 |
FRESENIUS MED. CARE CARDIOVASCULAR RES., INC. v. PUERTO RICOUnited States First Circuit
Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government LawA public corporation is not an arm of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and so is not entitled to assert immunity under the Eleventh Amendment. |
04/24/2003 | 02-1763 |
MEANEY v. DEVERUnited States First Circuit
Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment LawCity officials did not violate clearly established First Amendment law in suspending a police officer for his hornblowing near the conclusion of a... |
04/22/2003 | 02-1783 |
TOWER v. LESLIE-BROWNUnited States First Circuit
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & ProcedureState troopers enjoyed qualified immunity in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action where objectively reasonable officers would not have known they were... |
04/22/2003 | 02-1904 |
IN RE BOVAUnited States First Circuit
Bankruptcy Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, SentencingA state court judgment enforcing an outstanding criminal restitution, which was part of a criminal sentence, was non-dischargeable under Section 13 of... |
04/22/2003 | 02-9004 |
ZUKOWSKI v. ST. LUKES HOME CARE PROGRAMUnited States First Circuit
Labor & Employment LawContrary to plaintiff's assertions in her discriminatory termination claim, a decision by Puerto Rico's Court of First Instance (CFI) does not... |
04/18/2003 | 02-1887 |
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