United States First Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Gomez v. The Stop & Shop Supermarket Co.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a slip-and-fall premises liability case against a self-service supermarket, summary judgment in favor of the supermarket is affirmed, where: 1) no...

US v. Kearney

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prosecution for transportation, distribution, and possession of child pornography, which the defendant did through use of the Internet, the...

US v. Shaw

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prosecution for possessing an unregistered short-barreled shotgun in violation of the National Firearms Act, the judgment of conviction is...

US v. General Electric Co.

Environmental Law
In an appeal from a district court judgment holding the defendant liable under CERCLA for response costs incurred by the EPA in the unfinished cleanup...

Baker v. St. Paul Travelers Insurance Co.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Sanctions
In a case seeking to recover under the underinsured motorist (UIM) provision of an employer's automobile insurance policy: 1) the district court's...

Katz v. Pershing, LLC

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Cyberspace Law
In a suit in which the owner of a brokerage account alleged that the owner of an Internet-based platform, that gives subscribing financial...

US v. Lopez Garcia

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a prosecution of two individuals for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and to possess it with intent to distribute, the convictions and sentences...

Nazario-Lugo v. Caribevision Holdings, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit for breach of an employment contract, the district court's dismissal of the complaint is reversed, where the district court exceeded its...

Abram v. Gerry

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
On a petition for a writ of habeas corpus brought by a prisoner convicted of sexual assault against his stepchildren, arguing that the state trial...

Valley Forge Insurance Co. v. Field

Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice
In a case in which insurers of a nonprofit agency that provides behavioral health and rehabilitation services sought a declaratory judgment that the...