United States First Circuit - October 2006 Opinion Summaries
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US v. EdelkindUnited States First Circuit
Asset Forfeiture, Banking Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate, SentencingConviction and sentence for bank fraud are affirmed over defendant's arguments that: 1) no proper verdict was ever returned by the jury; 2) the... |
10/31/2006 | 05-2125 |
US v. JohnsonUnited States First Circuit
Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water LawFollowing the Supreme Court's decision in Rapanos v. US, 126 S.Ct. 2208 (2006), a suit against a group of cranberry farmers for violation of the Clean... |
10/31/2006 | 05-1444 |
Thore v. HoweUnited States First Circuit
Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort LawIn a suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 asserting excessive force and conspiracy claims, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) the... |
10/27/2006 | 06-1627 |
Constructora Andrade Gutierrez v. Am. Int'l Ins. Co. of Puerto RicoUnited States First Circuit
Construction, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, International LawIn a dispute between contractors and a bond issuer involving on a construction project in Haiti, an appeal from rulings granting summary judgment for... |
10/27/2006 | 05-2303 |
US v. ThomasUnited States First Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, EvidenceA conviction for smuggling and possession of illegal drugs is affirmed where the evidence was sufficient to sustain the verdicts and the trial court... |
10/27/2006 | 04-2386 |
MA Nurses Ass'n v. N. Adams Reg'l Hosp.United States First Circuit
Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Labor & Employment LawDismissal of a suit to enforce an arbitral agreement is affirmed where the district court did not err in refusing to apply and enforce the prior... |
10/26/2006 | 05-2799 |
Gao v. GonzalesUnited States First Circuit
Administrative Law, Immigration LawPetition for review of denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT) is denied where petitioner... |
10/26/2006 | 05-2330 |
U.S. v. Rivera-RangelUnited States First Circuit
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, SentencingConviction for extortion under color of official right is affirmed where a witness' invocation of the Fifth Amendment on a collateral issue of the... |
10/25/2006 | 05-2042 |
U.S. v. Sepulveda-ContrerasUnited States First Circuit
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, SentencingSentence for carjacking is vacated and remanded where: 1) the district court erred in imposing two conditions on defendant for the first time in its... |
10/25/2006 | 04-1409 |
Happ v. Corning, Inc.United States First Circuit
Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise LawSummary judgment for corporation on its counterclaim demanding repayment of indemnification provided to a former officer during an insider trading... |
10/23/2006 | 04-1406 |
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