United States First Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Crowther v. Consolidated Rail Corp.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In consolidated negligence actions under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) against two railroad defendants brought by a former employee, the...

Certain Interested Underwriters at Lloyd's, London v. Stolberg

Construction, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a suit by an insurer to obtain a declaration that its policy did not obligate it either to defend a personal injury suit or to indemnify the...

US v. Valdivia

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
A conviction for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to import heroin is affirmed against contentions that the district court erred...

Alphas Co., Inc. v. Dan Tudor & Sons Sales, Inc.

Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law
In a case in which a grower of grapes filed a successful reparation complaint against a supplier under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act of...

Asociacion de Periodistas de Puerto Rico v. Mueller

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Media Law
In a suit by several journalists against FBI agents, who the journalists alleged used excessive force against them during the execution of a search...

Banco Popular de Puerto Rico v. Asociacion de Compositores y Editores de Musica Latinoamericana

Intellectual Property, Copyright, Remedies, Contracts, Entertainment Law
In consolidated copyright infringement cases, the First Circuit holds that: 1) the district court did not abuse its discretion by allowing a music...

US v. Vixamar

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a case in which a district court judge revoked the appellants' probation and resentenced them to prison terms above the ranges recommended by the...

In re Redondo Construction Corp.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Remedies
In three consolidated proceedings in bankruptcy court involving claims brought by the debtor construction company against the Puerto Rico Highway and...

Jones v. Walgreen Co.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a case in which a former employee asserted claims of disability discrimination in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, unlawful...

Da Silva Neto v. Holder

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In removal proceedings against a Brazilian national who admitted to sufficient facts to support a finding of malicious destruction of property under...