United States First Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Toribo-Chavez v. Holder

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Immigration Law
A Mexican citizen's petition for review of the BIA's affirmance of an IJ's order of removal and a denial of his request for cancellation of removal is...

US v. Matos

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
District court's imposition of a sentence of 84-months' imprisonment and four years' supervised release for defendant's wire fraud and money...

Nako v. Holder

Evidence, Government Law, Immigration Law
A petition for review of a BIA's affirmance of IJ's denial of an Albanian family's request for asylum and related relief is denied where: 1)...

Mercado-Berrios v. Cancel-Alegria

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In plaintiff's political discrimination and speech retaliation suit, claiming that she was wrongly denied a permanent position with the Puerto Rican...

Sheehan v. N. Am. Mktg. Corp.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a product liability suit against a seller and a manufacturer of swimming pools, arising after plaintiff sustained serious injuries while attempting...

Harrington v. City of Nashua

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit alleging Fourth Amendment violations for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution, arising from her...

Malone v. Lockheed Martin Corp.

Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit for employment discrimination based on race and retaliation, district court's grant of defendants' motion for judgment as a matter...

Diaz-Garcia v. Holder

Government Law, Immigration Law
A Colombian citizen's petition for review of a decision denying his applications for asylum and related relief is denied as the IJ's negative...

Rectrix Aerodrome Ctr., Inc. v. Barnstable Mun. Airport Comm'n

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Landlord Tenant Law
In plaintiff's suit against an airport commission and individual defendants, claiming that it was prevented from competing with defendant in the sale...

US v. Gonzalez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
In a prosecution of defendant for conspiring to distribute and possessing with the intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana, district court's denial...