United States First Circuit - December 2010 Opinion Summaries

Latin Am. Music Co. v. Am. Soc'y of Composers Authors & Publishers

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Sanctions
Plaintiff's second motion for reconsideration of the district court's grant of defendant's motion for attorneys' fees incurred on appeal for...

US v. Rodriguez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Following a conviction of defendant for various firearm offenses, arising from a sale of two sawed-off guns to an undercover police officer in 2006,...

US v. Williams

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
Conviction of defendant for various drug and firearm offenses, and a sentence of twenty-five years' imprisonment, are affirmed where: 1) defendant has...

Santiago v. O'Brien

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence
In defendant's request for habeas relief from his cocaine trafficking conviction claiming that his Sixth Amendment right to present a defense was...

Godin v. Schencks

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a former elementary school principal's suit against a school board and a union, claiming violation of her due process rights under 42 U.S.C....

US v. S. Union Co.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Environmental Law, Government Law, Sanctions
A natural gas company's conviction for storing hazardous waste without a permit, is affirmed where: 1) defendant is precluded by 42 U.S.C. section...

US v. Anonymous Defendant

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Following defendant's guilty plea for distributing and conspiring to distribute ecstasy and illicit gambling activities, district court's imposition...

Lamboy-Ortiz v. Ortiz-Velez

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
In former police officers' suit against a mayor and various members of a police department, each of whom belong to the opposition Popular Democratic...

US v. Ramos

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In a prosecution of defendant for illegally transporting aliens in Charlestown, Massachusetts, district court's denial of defendant's motion to...

Julian v. Gonzalez-Rosario

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an inmate's civil rights suit against various corrections officers, claiming they used excessive force against him, district court's dismissal of...