United States First Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Mare

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction for attempted arson is affirmed, where: 1) the district court's decision to admit testimony referring to a prior arson was not an abuse of...

Diaz v. Jiten Hotel Management, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In an age discrimination action against an employer, the district court's judgment in favor of the plaintiff is affirmed, where: 1) there was no error...

Harrington v. Aggregate Industries - Northeast Region, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In a case under the False Claims Act (FCA)'s anti-retaliation provision, summary judgment in favor of the defendant is reversed, where: 1) the FCA's...

Diaz Ruano v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
On petition for review of a BIA decision that affirmed the decision of an immigration judge denying the petitioner's application for withholding of...

US v. Leahy

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a sentencing challenge brought by a defendant convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm, the district court's 10-year sentence is...

Lawson v. FMR, LLC

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
In two separate but related cases under the whistleblower protection provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, alleging unlawful retaliation by...

Cuevas v. Grondolsky

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a suit seeking habeas corpus relief under 28 USC section 2241 for alleged violations of the extradition treaty under which the prisoner was brought...

Arevalo-Giron v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In removal proceedings in which a Guatemalan national applied for withholding of removal, asserting that if returned to Guatemala, she would face...

National Organization for Marriage, Inc. v. McKee

Constitutional Law, Elections
In a suit challenging the constitutionality of a Maine law applicable to ballot question committees, the district court's grant of summary judgment to...

Guerrero v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In removal proceedings in which a Salvadoran national requested asylum and withholding of removal based on mistreatment suffered at the hands of FMLN...