United States First Circuit - June 2010 Opinion Summaries

Mercado-Berrios v. Cancel-Alegria

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In plaintiff's political discrimination and speech retaliation suit, claiming that she was wrongly denied a permanent position with the Puerto Rican...

Sheehan v. N. Am. Mktg. Corp.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a product liability suit against a seller and a manufacturer of swimming pools, arising after plaintiff sustained serious injuries while attempting...

Harrington v. City of Nashua

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit alleging Fourth Amendment violations for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution, arising from her...

Malone v. Lockheed Martin Corp.

Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit for employment discrimination based on race and retaliation, district court's grant of defendants' motion for judgment as a matter...

Diaz-Garcia v. Holder

Government Law, Immigration Law
A Colombian citizen's petition for review of a decision denying his applications for asylum and related relief is denied as the IJ's negative...

Rectrix Aerodrome Ctr., Inc. v. Barnstable Mun. Airport Comm'n

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Landlord Tenant Law
In plaintiff's suit against an airport commission and individual defendants, claiming that it was prevented from competing with defendant in the sale...

US v. Gonzalez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
In a prosecution of defendant for conspiring to distribute and possessing with the intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana, district court's denial...

US v. Manon

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prosecution of defendant for drug related crimes, district court's denial of defendant's motion for a new trial is affirmed where: 1) this is not...

Larios v. Holder

Administrative Law, Government Law, Immigration Law
A Guatemalan native's petition for review of a decision denying his application for asylum and related relief is denied as the IJ's decision to deny...

Real Estate Bar Ass'n for Massachusetts, Inc. v. Nat'l Real Estate Info. Serv.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Property Law & Real Estate
In the Real Estate Bar Association's suit against defendant for unauthorized practice of law, judgment of the district court is vacated in part,...