United States First Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Downing v. Globe Direct LLC

Administrative Law, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Government Law, Transportation
In a putative class action alleging that defendant violated the Driver's Privacy Protection Act (DPPA), 18 U.S.C. sections 2721-25, when it included...

Fabrica de Muebles J.J. Alvarez, Inc. v. Inversiones Mendoza, Inc.

Banking Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, White Collar Crime
In suit against a bank under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. sections 1961-68, and several Puerto Rico law...

US v. Farlow

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
A conviction for unlawful transportation of child pornography is affirmed, as the district court was correct to deny the defendant's motion to...

US v. Goergen

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A 60-year sentence for sexual exploitation of children is affirmed, where: 1) if the guidelines instructions violated the Ex Post Facto Clause insofar...

US v. Franco-Santiago

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prosecution of a police officer for being a member of an ongoing conspiracy that engaged in five robberies of businesses in violation of the...

Massachusetts v. Dep't of Health and Human Services

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Benefits
Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is ruled unconstitutional as a violation of equal protection, where: 1) intermediate scrutiny was not...

Escobar-Noble v. Luxury Hotels Int'l of Puerto Rico, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging an unlawful retaliatory firing, in which the defendant moved to compel arbitration based on employment agreements containing an...

Gilca v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
A petition for review of a BIA order denying relief from removal is denied, where: 1) the BIA supportably concluded that the petitioner neither...

US v. Jenkins

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
In a prosecution for unlawfully possessing a firearm following a felony conviction, the conviction and sentence are affirmed, where: 1) the traffic...

Oxford Aviation, Inc. v. Global Aerospace, Inc.

Contracts, Insurance Law
In an action brought by an insured seeking a declaratory judgment that its insurer was required to defend it in a suit for alleged faulty repair work...