United States First Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Fortin v. Titcomb

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a case in which a federal jury awarded the appellant $125,000 in damages against a police officer after finding that the officer negligently used...

Kenney v. Head

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence
In a case under 42 USC section 1983 alleging that the events surrounding the plaintiff's arrest constituted a deprivation of his constitutional...

de Carvalho-Frois v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a case seeking judicial review of a BIA order upholding an immigration judge's denial of asylum for failure to establish either past persecution or...

Lopez & Medina Corp. v. Marsh USA, Inc.

Contracts, Insurance Law, Transportation
On appeal of a rejected cross-motion for summary judgment that argued that an insurance policy's coverage expressly applied to an airline's underlying...

Munoz v. Sociedad Espanola de Auxilio Mutuo y Beneficiencia de Puerto Rico

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a retaliation case under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) and Puerto Rico's general tort statute known as Article 1802, in...

Garcia-Callejas v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In removal proceedings in which the petitioner applied for withholding of removal and Convention Against Torture protection based on a claim was that...

Brown v. O'Brien

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence
On petition for habeas corpus brought by a prisoner convicted of first-degree murder in Massachusetts state court, the district court's denial of the...

US v. Gallardo-Ortiz

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a prosecution for unlawful possession of ammunition and a "machinegun" firearm, the district court's sentence is affirmed, where: 1) the district...

Massachusetts Delivery Ass'n v. Coakley

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a civil rights suit brought in federal court against the Massachusetts Attorney General by a business trade association asserting that a state law...

Litif v. US

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a case seeking review of a judgment awarding $1.15 million to the family and the estate of a murder victim of FBI informant James "Whitey" Bulger...