United States First Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Randall v. Laconia, NH

Civil Procedure, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit alleging that a city, as the owner and seller of a house, had violated the federal statute requiring the disclosure of lead-based paint...

US v. Stefanidakis

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a case in which a defendant pleaded guilty to four counts of transporting and one count of possessing child pornography and was sentenced on all...

US v. Pleau

Habeas Corpus, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a case in which Rhode Island's governor refused a request under the Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act (IAD) to release a prisoner for a federal...

Marrero-Rodriguez v. Municipality of San Juan

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In an action under 42 USC section 1983 against multiple defendants arising from the shooting death of a police officer in a police training exercise,...

US ex rel. Jones v. Brigham and Women's Hospital

Evidence, Government Law, Health Law
In a qui tam action under the False Claims Act alleging that the defendants submitted an application to the National Institute on Aging for research...

Liu v. Amerco

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions
In a class action suit alleging that U-Haul had engaged in an attempted price-fixing scheme in violation of state consumer protection law, the...

Jimenez v. Conrad

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 for declaratory and injunctive relief against members of a parole board who voted to deny parole to a prisoner...

Cheung v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a case in which a native and citizen of Hong Kong was denied cancellation of removal on the ground that he lacked ten years' continuous physical...

Puerto Rico Telephone Co., Inc. v. T-Mobile Puerto Rico LLC

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Contracts, Public Utilities
In a dispute regarding the applicable billing rate for a mobile phone company's use of certain services provided by an incumbent local exchange...

Bartlett v. Mutual Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a design defect suit against a drug manufacturer, the jury's award in favor of the plaintiff is affirmed against arguments that: 1) the district...