United States First Circuit - November 2010 Opinion Summaries

US v. Bunchan

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
District court's conviction of defendant for use of a facility of interstate commerce in the commission of murder-for-hire and solicitation to commit...

Igartua v. U.S.

Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law, International Law
In plaintiff's putative class action suit claiming that U.S. citizen-residents of Puerto Rico have a right to vote for a Representative to the U.S....

Ji v. Bose Corp.

Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark, Media Law, Remedies, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure
In three consolidated appeals, arising out of the improper use of a model's image to package and promote a home entertainment system, district court's...

Eaton v. Penn-America Ins. Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiff's suit against an insurer of a nightclub, arising from injuries caused by the nightclub's bouncer, district court's grant of the...

Cortes-Rivera v. Dep't of Corr. & Rehab of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Contracts, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against Puerto Rico's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and its managing corporation, claiming that his contract to...

Barr v. Galvin

Civil Procedure, Elections, Government Law
In a suit brought by the candidates of the Libertarian Party against the Secretary of State of Massachusetts, challenging the Secretary's refusal to...

Tash v. Roden

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence
District court's denial of defendant's request for habeas relief from his conviction for raping a mentally impaired adult woman in his care at a state...

Freedom from Religion Found. v. Hanover Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In plaintiffs' suit seeking a declaration that the federal Pledge statute and the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in New Hampshire's public...

US v. Fernandez-Cabrera

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Government Law, Immigration Law
District court's imposition of a 33-month sentence upon a defendant convicted of illegal reentry into the United States is affirmed where: 1) here,...

US v. Mathur

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
In a prosecution of defendant for multiple counts of mail fraud and wire fraud, in connection with misrepresentations and misappropriation of millions...