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United States First Circuit - January 2005 Opinion Summaries

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NIEVES-LUCIANO v. HERNANDEZ-TORRES

United States First Circuit
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment against plaintiff's claim, alleging he was wrongfully terminated on account of his political affiliation, is affirmed where plaintiff...
01/28/2005 03-2520

GALICIA v. ASHCROFT

United States First Circuit
Immigration Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's claims for asylum and withholding of removal, based on claimed persecution against homosexuals, is affirmed where the...
01/27/2005 04-1358

MERCADO-ALICEA v. P.R. TOURISM CO.

United States First Circuit
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiffs' suit, alleging that they were terminated and constructively discharged because of their political affiliation, is dismissed where the...
01/27/2005 03-2246

HARVEY v. VENEMAN

United States First Circuit
Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law
In a challenge to the National Organic Program Final Rule, the regulations which permit synthetic substances to be used in processing organic foods...
01/26/2005 04-1379

GABRIEL v. PREBLE

United States First Circuit
Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In a shareholder's derivative action, dismissal of the action for lack of federal subject matter jurisdiction is affirmed where complete diversity is...
01/19/2005 04-1744

GLOBAL NAPS, INC. v. VERIZON

United States First Circuit
Communications Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Public Utilities
Under section 252(i) of the Telecommunications Act, a competing carrier of phone service does not have an unconditional right to avoid the terms of a...
01/19/2005 04-1711

BOSTON'S CHILDREN FIRST v. CITY OF BOSTON

United States First Circuit
Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
In a suit challenging defendant-City's school assignment system, the award of nominal damages to plaintiffs was de minimis success and does not...
01/18/2005 03-2470

US v. CACHO-BONILLA

United States First Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's conviction for making a false statement in order to procure a bank loan is reversed where there was insufficient evidence to support the...
01/14/2005 02-1393

US v. LAGUNA-ESTELA

United States First Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's drug conviction is affirmed over his challenge that he was being charged in Puerto Rico with the same offense for which he was convicted...
01/12/2005 04-1554

CARABALLO-SEDA v. MUN. OF HORMIGUEROS

United States First Circuit
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
The Workforce Investment Act requires a plaintiff to exhaust administrative remedies before bringing a claim under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 for...
01/12/2005 03-2568

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