United States First Circuit - August 2011 Opinion Summaries

US v. Butler-Acevedo

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court imposing two concurrent five-year sentences following the revocation of defendant's supervised...

Coffill v. Coffill

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Judges & Judiciary, Property Law & Real Estate
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court dismissing plaintiff's action seeking to rescind two mortgages encumbering titles to her properties...

City Sanitation, LLC v. Allied Waste Services of Massachusetts, LLC

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Environmental Law
In an appeal from a judgment of the Bankruptcy court approving a proposed settlement, judgment is affirmed where: 1) the disputed claims are...

Tuli v. Brigham and Women's Hosp.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court awarding plaintiff damages and a permanent injunction in a Title VII and state law action for...

Curet-Velazquez v. ACEMLA De Puerto Rico, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Entertainment Law, Evidence, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Remedies, Sanctions
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court granting in part the plaintiffs' motions for summary judgment and finding that defendant infringed...

Hatch v. Trail King Indus., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Product Liability
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court in favor of the defendant on plaintiffs' products liability claims for negligence and the breach of...

Nolan v. CN8

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Contracts, Entertainment Law, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
In an appeal from the grant of summary judgment against plaintiff in his wrongful termination action alleging speech-motivated retaliation, Mass. Gen....

Perez-Cordero v. Wal-Mart Puerto Rico, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court granting defendants summary judgment in a Title VII action for sex-based employment discrimination,...

Donald v. Spencer

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing, Evidence
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court denying defendant's motion for discovery seeking access to various pieces of physical evidence...

Martinez-Burgos v. Guayama Corp.

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court granting summary adjudication to defendant-former employer in a Title VII action for pregnancy...