United States First Circuit - February 2010 Opinion Summaries

Garcia-Perez v. Hosp. Metropolitano

Civil Procedure, Sanctions
Dismissal of the case by the district court, acting sua sponte, for lack of prosecution based on plaintiffs' non-compliance with discovery deadlines...

Indigo Am., Inc. v. Big Impressions, LLC

Civil Procedure, Contracts
In an action for breach of contract arising from the purchase of a printing press, grant of plaintiff's motion for default judgment is vacated and...

Castro-Soto v. Holder

Administrative Law, Government Law, Immigration Law
BIA's denial of a request by a citizen and national of the Dominican Republic for adjustment of status is affirmed as it was not plainly erroneous or...

Gintis v. Bouchard Transp. Co., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiffs-property owners' action against the owners and operators of a fuel barge that discharged a substantial amount of oil into a...

Carreras v. Sajo Garcia & Partners

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's workplace discrimination and retaliation suit, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) district court acted well within...

Walden v. City of Providence

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by current and former employees, and their families, of the police and fire departments, against defendant-city and several city...

Cianbro Corp. v. George H. Dean, Inc.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
In an in rem maritime lien action, district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of plaintiff and an order issuing a declaratory judgment to the...

US v. Mitchell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction of defendant for conspiring to distribute cocaine is affirmed where: 1) the government offered more than sufficient extrinsic evidence to...

Pleasures of San Patricio, Inc. v. Mendez-Torres

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Tax Law
In plaintiff's challenge to a Puerto Rico cigarette excise tax recently imposed on "little cigars" imported from North Carolina, district court's...

US v. Damon

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
District court's imposition of a sentence of 70 months' imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release upon a defendant convicted of being...