United States First Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Manon

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prosecution of defendant for drug related crimes, district court's denial of defendant's motion for a new trial is affirmed where: 1) this is not...

Larios v. Holder

Administrative Law, Government Law, Immigration Law
A Guatemalan native's petition for review of a decision denying his application for asylum and related relief is denied as the IJ's decision to deny...

Real Estate Bar Ass'n for Massachusetts, Inc. v. Nat'l Real Estate Info. Serv.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Property Law & Real Estate
In the Real Estate Bar Association's suit against defendant for unauthorized practice of law, judgment of the district court is vacated in part,...

Rodriguez-Garcia v. Miranda-Marin

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a municipal employee's suit claiming that she was transferred to another position in retaliation for testimony she gave before the Puerto Rico...

Aponte v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
A citizen of the Dominican Republic's petition for review of a decision denying her motion to reopen removal proceedings is granted as the BIA abused...

Elliot v. Carcieri

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Law
In a class action lawsuit on behalf of foster care children who are under the legal custody of Rhode Island's Department of Children, Youth and...

US v. Jackson

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Denial of a motion to suppress in a prosecution for being a felon in possession of a firearm is affirmed as the district court's judgment was neither...

US v. Crooker

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Conviction of defendant for transporting a firearm in interstate commerce as a convicted felon and sentence to 262 months' imprisonment is reversed...

Estate of Charania v. Shulman

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Tax Law
In a tax deficiency case, the judgment of the tax court is affirmed in part and reversed in part where: 1) the tax court's judgment that all of the...

US v. Persichilli

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
A conviction for knowingly possessing a Social Security card with intent to alter it and aggravated identity theft is affirmed where: 1) the evidence...