United States First Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Aponte

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Following defendant's guilty plea to robbery and brandishing a firearm during a robbery, the district court's imposition of consecutive incarcerative...

US v. Guzman-Montanez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
Defendant's convictions and sentences for being a felon in possession of a firearm and for possession of a firearm in a school zone, are: 1) affirmed...

Hilton v. Kerry

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, International Law
In an appeal of denial of a habeas corpus petition asking the court to block extradition of a U.S. citizen to face an attempted murder charge in...

Graf v. Hospitality Mutual Insurance Co.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an action to enforce a judgment that plaintiff secured against a third party insured after plaintiff was injured while a patron on the insured's...

Packgen v. BP Exploration & Production

Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant in an action arising out of failed negotiations between the parties over the purchase of oil containment boom...

Sanchez Londono v. Gonzalez

Family Law, International Law
The district court's denial of Mother's petition filed pursuant to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, as...

Genereux v. Raytheon Company

Class Actions, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant in a putative class action alleging that defendant endangered the health of the plaintiffs and others similarly...

Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance Co. v. McCarthy

Contracts, Insurance Law
In a declaratory judgment action, the district court's ruling that plaintiff has a duty to defend its insured, defendant McCormack, in a lawsuit...

Deka Int'l S.A. Luxemborg v. Genzyme Corp.

Securities Law
Dismissal of plaintiffs' securities fraud action against defendant, and several company executives is affirmed, where: 1) the district court correctly...

Cady v. Cumberland County Jail

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that plaintiff's son died from self-inflicted injuries that he suffered while he was a pretrial detainee...