United States First Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Ly v. Holder

Government Law, Immigration Law
A Cambodian citizen's petition for review of a final order of the BIA upholding an IJ's denial of his request for asylum and related relief is denied...

Aponte-Rosario v. Acevedo-Villa

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiffs' action against several officers of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico Public Housing Administration (PRPHA), and the...

Zimmerman v. Puccio

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Debt Collection, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a class action lawsuit against defendant-Cambridge Credit Counseling Corporations (Cambridge) and other corporate defendants, pursuant to the...

Torres v. Dennehy

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence
District court's denial of defendant's petition for habeas relief from his 1997 convictions for the murder of his girlfriend's fifteen-year-old child...

Cruz-Vazquez v. Mennonite Gen. Hosp., Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice, Evidence, Health Law
In plaintiff''s suit filed pursuant to the Puerto Rico's medical malpractice law and the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act...

US v. Maldonado

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a prosecution of defendant for crimes related to his role in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine, district court's imposition of a sentence of...

Brown v. Colegio De Abogados De Puerto Rico

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Insurance Law, Remedies
In a class action suit against the integrated bar association of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, arising from the organization's activity of...

Roman-Cancel v. US

Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Military Law
In a Vietnam veteran's suit against the government under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), arising from the VA's decision in 1975, lowering the...

Neves v. Holder

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Immigration Law
On remand from the Supreme Court for reconsideration in light of Kucana v. Holder, a Brazilian citizen's petition for review of the BIA's denial of...

US v. Urciuoli

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Contracts, Government Law, White Collar Crime
A conviction of the former CEO of a medical center following a second trial for multiple counts of honest services mail fraud and conspiracy to commit...