United States First Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Sony BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum

Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law
Judgment for plaintiff-recording companies in suit alleging defendant illegally downloaded and distributed music is affirmed, where the award to...

Atieh v. Riordan

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
Dismissal of plaintiffs' suit to set aside the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals, which denied plaintiffs' I-30 petition, is vacated and...

US v. Soto

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's convictions of mail fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft are affirmed, where: 1) the trial court did not violate...

Evergreen Partnering Group v. Pactiv Corporation

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, Environmental Law
Judgment dismissing plaintiff's complaint which alleged that defendants, polystyrene food service packaging manufacturers and two trade associations,...

Joyce v. Town of Dennis, MA

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Remedies
Following judgment in favor of plaintiff on her claim of gender discrimination arising out of defendants' denying her entry into a men's golf...

US v. Ihenacho

Criminal Law & Procedure, Drugs & Biotech
Defendants' convictions and sentences for dispensing and shipping drugs to customers pursuant to invalid online prescriptions for Internet pharmacy...

US v. Van Bommel Duyzing

Admiralty, Asset Forfeiture, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of a claim against the government for money recovered by the U.S. Coast Guard that was tossed into the Caribbean Sea while claimant and his...

Macera v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Sys., Inc.

Property Law & Real Estate, Banking Law, Civil Procedure
In one of the cases described in In re: Mortgage Foreclosure, where it was held that the district court erred in issuing an injunction, the case is...

Diaz Aviation Corporation v. Airport Aviation Services, Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Transportation
The district court's dismissal of plaintiff's suit claiming that the defendants wrongfully interfered with its airport fuel business is affirmed,...

Fryzel v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Sys., Inc.

Property Law & Real Estate, Banking Law, Civil Procedure
In consolidated cases brought by plaintiffs, defaulted mortgagors of Rhode Island real estate, to prevent foreclosure or eviction, on the shared...