United States First Circuit - January 2012 Opinion Summaries

Cuevas v. Grondolsky

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a suit seeking habeas corpus relief under 28 USC section 2241 for alleged violations of the extradition treaty under which the prisoner was brought...

Arevalo-Giron v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In removal proceedings in which a Guatemalan national applied for withholding of removal, asserting that if returned to Guatemala, she would face...

National Organization for Marriage, Inc. v. McKee

Constitutional Law, Elections
In a suit challenging the constitutionality of a Maine law applicable to ballot question committees, the district court's grant of summary judgment to...

Guerrero v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In removal proceedings in which a Salvadoran national requested asylum and withholding of removal based on mistreatment suffered at the hands of FMLN...

Fortin v. Titcomb

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a case in which a federal jury awarded the appellant $125,000 in damages against a police officer after finding that the officer negligently used...

Kenney v. Head

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence
In a case under 42 USC section 1983 alleging that the events surrounding the plaintiff's arrest constituted a deprivation of his constitutional...

de Carvalho-Frois v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a case seeking judicial review of a BIA order upholding an immigration judge's denial of asylum for failure to establish either past persecution or...

Lopez & Medina Corp. v. Marsh USA, Inc.

Contracts, Insurance Law, Transportation
On appeal of a rejected cross-motion for summary judgment that argued that an insurance policy's coverage expressly applied to an airline's underlying...

Munoz v. Sociedad Espanola de Auxilio Mutuo y Beneficiencia de Puerto Rico

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a retaliation case under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) and Puerto Rico's general tort statute known as Article 1802, in...

Garcia-Callejas v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In removal proceedings in which the petitioner applied for withholding of removal and Convention Against Torture protection based on a claim was that...