United States First Circuit - November 2016 Opinion Summaries

Parkview Adventist Med. Center v. US

Bankruptcy Law, Health Law
In an important case resting at the intersection of the Bankruptcy Code and Medicare law, involving the efforts of a medical center plaintiff which...

Bradley v. ARIAD Pharms., Inc.

Securities Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Corp. Governance
In an investor suit against the company and four corporate officers, following a drop in the share price of the company, alleging securities fraud in...

Santos-Santos v. Torres-Centeno

Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by an officer with the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD), filed this employment discrimination case against the Commonwealth...

US v. Hurley

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Sentence for guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute, and possess with the intent to distribute, controlled substances is affirmed over defendant's...

Igartua v. Obama

Elections, Government Law
In a claim brought by a U.S. citizen-resident of Puerto Rico in search of a legal remedy for his claim that he has a constitutional right to vote in...

Moore v. Dickhaut

Habeas Corpus, Criminal Law & Procedure
Denial of 28 U.S.C. section 2254 habeas petition seeking to set aside petitioner's 2006 Massachusetts conviction for unarmed robbery is affirmed over...

US, ex rel. Escobar v. Universal Health Servs., Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Health Law
On remand from the U.S. Supreme Court, in a qui tam action brought by family of deceased plaintiff, who died of a seizure after receiving mental...

Nevor v. Moneypenny Holdings, LLC

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law
In a maritime personal injury case, the district court's award to plaintiff of compensatory damages for past and future harms, plus prejudgment...

Eves v. LePage

Labor & Employment Law, Government Law
In a suit brought by the Speaker of the House against the Governor of Maine in for damages and injunctive relief, asserting that the Governor, in...

Lawton v. Takeda Pharm. Co.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech
In a qui tam action under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. section 3729 et seq., and the False Claims Acts of 28 different states and the...