United States First Circuit - Opinion Summaries

HSBC Bank USA v. Bank of New York Mellon Trust

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Debt Collection, Evidence
In a bankruptcy dispute concerning whether a senior debtor is entitled to post-petition interest, judgment of the district court affirming bankruptcy...

Gemini Investors Inc. v. Ameripark, Inc.

Contracts, Remedies, Securities Law
In an action alleging breach of contract and breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed where...

House of Flavors, Inc. v. TFG-Michigan, L.P.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Remedies
In an action arising from a lease agreement and alleging breach of contract and the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, violation of state unfair...

US v. McGhee

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Enhanced sentencing of defendant upon a conviction for drug-related offenses and a determination that he is a career offender based in part on a prior...

NLRB v. Northeastern Land Services

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute involving the scope of Section 8 of the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. section 158(a)(1), judgment of the plaintiff is affirmed...

San Geronimo Caribe Project v. Acevedo-Vila

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Construction, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a Section 1983 action arising from the administrative suspension of construction permits for plaintiff's project following a government opinion...

LS Starrett Comp. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Comm.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Public Utilities, Water Law
In a petition for review of two orders of the FERC requiring petitioner to seek licensing pursuant to Section 23(b) of the Federal Power Act if it...

TMTV, Corp. v. Logrono

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law
In a copyright infringement action concerning two sitcoms on Puerto Rican television, summary judgment in favor of plaintiff with award reduction is...

Shamus Holdings LLC v. LBM Financial, LLC

Asset Forfeiture, Property Law & Real Estate, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Bankruptcy Law
In a bankruptcy dispute involving the effect of a state bankruptcy limitations statute on the automatic stay provisions of the Bankruptcy Code,...

Hannon v. Beard

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a Section 1983 dispute arising from the relocation of plaintiff-prisioner to a Massachusetts penitentiary, judgment of the district court...