United States First Circuit - Opinion Summaries

McCullen v. Coakley

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In 1983 action and First Amendment challenge to Massachusetts statute that fixes a thirty-five-foot buffer zone around the entrances, exits, and...

Bead v. Holder

Immigration Law
In appeal of BIA ruling denying petitioner's motion to reopen removal proceedings after three years and failure to submit requested fingerprints,...

Estate of Angel Berganzo-Colon v. Ambush

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In suit by heirs to deceased terrorist victims against defendant-attorney who represented them in claim against the State of Libya, alleging that the...

Harney v. Sony Pictures Television, Inc.

Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In a copyright infringement action by plaintiff-photographer against defendant-television company, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed, where:...

Beyond Nuclear v. US Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In appeal of decision by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), which denied admission of petitioners' contention that questioned and sought a...

Knowlton v. Shaw

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In civil rights action against defendant-state officials by plaintiff whose position was terminated pursuant to a consent agreement between defendants...

Lopez v. Holder

Immigration Law
BIA's denial of motion to reconsider decision denying withholding of removal is affirmed, where alien may not proffer as the basis for a motion to...

Murray v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Denial of extraordinary writ of coram nobis (to correct fundamental errors of fact or law) attacking the denial of the suppression motion in...

Union de Empleados de Muelles v. UBS Financial Services Inc.

Commercial Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In a shareholder derivative action, judgment dismissing the complaint is vacated and remanded, where: 1) the plaintiffs' allegations have established...

Wu v. Holder

Immigration Law
In petition for review of the Board of Immigrations Appeals' (BIA) dismissal of petitioner's application for adjustment of status, the petition is...