United States First Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Monahan v. Romney

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and several members of the Governor's senior staff claiming that the defendants...

In re Net-Valazquez

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Debt Collection
District court's affirmance of a bankruptcy court's judgment in favor of a bankruptcy trustee, holding that a creditor's garnishment of funds was a...

Vega-Colon v. Wyeth Pharm.

Civil Rights, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In plaintiff's suit against his employer, claiming that the employer discriminated and retaliated against him based on his military service in...

Concillo De Salud Integral De Loiza, Inc. v. Perez-Perdomo

Government Law, Health Law, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits
In two Puerto Rican community health centers' request for an injunction requiring payment by Puerto Rico's Secretary of Health of Medicaid...

Raiche v. Pietroski

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In plaintiff's civil rights suit against a police officer for injuries sustained as a result of excessive force during arrest, district court's denial...

In re Handy

Bankruptcy Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel's (BAP) decision affirming a bankruptcy court order denying plaintiff's motion for relief from stay of his suit against a...

Fed. Trade Comm'n v. Direct Mktg. Concepts, Inc.

Commercial Law, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech, False Advertising, Government Law, Health Law, Remedies, Sanctions
In the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) suit against a number of parties seeking both injunctive relief and monetary equitable relief in order to...

Animal Welfare Inst. v. Martin

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law
In plaintiffs' motion to enjoin Maine state officials from allowing the use of any foothold traps, claiming that the relief was necessary to prevent...

US v. Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Environmental Law, Government Law, Sanctions
In proceedings arising out of a government investigation in six judicial districts into allegations that a shipping company had for years engaged in...

Statchen v. Palmer

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against police officers, claiming that they used excessive force in arresting him for public intoxication...