United States First Circuit - February 2011 Opinion Summaries

Erlich v. Ouellette, LaBonte, Roberge and Allen, P.A.

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a diversity action involving when state-law causes of action against an auditor and an actuary accrued, dismissal by district court of action as...

PR Telephone Co. v. Rivera

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an action concerning whether Puerto Rico Act No. 234 is preempted by ERISA, denial of intervention is remanded for further consideration and...

Libertarian Party of NH v. Gardner

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law, Intellectual Property
In election law dispute between the Secretary and the Libertarian party, summary judgment in favor of NH Secretary of State is affirmed where the...

Rodriguez-Diaz v. Seguros Triple-S, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a tort action alleging medical malpractice under Article 1802 of the Puerto Rico Civil Code, summary judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed...

Shuman v. Spencer

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of habeas relief based on a claim by defendant that his trial counsel was ineffective is affirmed where there is nothing to suggest that the...

Artuso v. Vertex Pharms., Inc.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Drugs & Biotech, Labor & Employment Law
In a case involving a dispute about what emoluments are due to an ousted executive under an employment agreement, claiming breach of contract and...

White v. R. M. Packer Co., Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Oil and Gas Law
In an antitrust action under section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act and a price-gouging regulation under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93A, alleging that the...

Esquilin-Mendoza v. Don King Productions, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a tort action alleging that Don King Productions acted negligently in seizing plaintiff's automobile in execution of a court judgment...

Hutchinson v. Patrick

Attorney's Fees
A litigant who obtains significant relief through a court-approved settlement, rather than a verdict or a formal consent decree, may achieve...

Vasquez v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Petitions for review of an order issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), claiming that an expedited removal order interrupted petitioner's...