United States First Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Larios

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction of defendants for drug related crimes, after they were captured on audio/video participating in drug transactions in a motel room with an...

J.R. v. Gloria

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Law
In plaintiffs' action raising substantive due process claims under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and state law claims under Rhode Island negligence law for...

Weng v. Holder

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Law, Immigration Law
Chinese citizen's petition for review of the BIA's denial of a petition for asylum and related relief is denied as, although the IJ discussed some but...

Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Found., Inc. v. Buchel

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property
In a dispute between an artist and a museum over the implementation and installation of a football-field sized artwork, judgment of the district court...

Gray v. Brady

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
District court's denial of defendant's request for habeas relief, convicted of distributing cocaine and for doing so in a public park, is affirmed...

US v. Alfonso-Reyes

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Sentencing
Convictions of defendants for defrauding the Farm Service Agency (FSA) of emergency loans and incentives to qualified farmers following the damage...

Butynski v. Springfield Terminal Ry. Co.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In plaintiff's personal injury action under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), denial of plaintiff's motion for judgment as a matter of law...

Clements v. Clarke

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In habeas proceedings of a defendant convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, district court's conclusion that the state...

Lessard v. Wilton-Lyndeborough Coop. Sch. Dist.

Administrative Law, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law
District court's judgment upholding a school district's proposed 2005-2006 individualized education program (IEP) addressing plaintiffs' daughter's...

Bukuras v. Mueller Group, LLC

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In a contract dispute between defendant-employer and its former general counsel over the interpretation of the severance and general release...