United States First Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Boston & Maine Corp. v. Massachusetts Bay Transp. Auth.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law, Transportation
In a suit filed by a railroad operator (B&M) seeking to enjoin the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) from making its Chapter 21E...

Vaqueria Tres Monjitas, Inc. v. Irizarry

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In plaintiffs' suit against Puerto Rico's Milk Industry Regulation Administration, claiming that the Administration's regulatory scheme governing milk...

In re Pharm. Indus. Average Wholesale Price Litig.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech, False Advertising
Approval of a settlement in a class action lawsuit involving claims that AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals published artificially inflated prescription drug...

Perez v. Holder

Administrative Law, Evidence, Immigration Law
Guatemalan national's petition for review of the BIA's order denying petitioner's request for withholding of removal is denied as the BIA adequately...

US v. McElroy

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Sentencing, Tax Law, White Collar Crime
Defendants' sentence and conviction for conspiring to defraud the US of employment and income taxes and to commit insurance fraud by use of the mails...

DeBurgo v. Amand

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Denial of defendant's request for habeas relief arising from his conviction for armed assault with intent to murder and assault and batter by means of...

Diffenderfer v. Gomez-Colon

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Elections, Government Law
In plaintiffs' civil rights case against the members of the State Electoral Commission of Puerto Rico challenging the Commission's decision to print...

Jennings v. Jones

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's civil rights case against the state of Rhode Island and a State Police representative and other police officers who had executed a...

US ex rel Ondis v. City of Woonsocket

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiff's qui tam action against a city under the False Claims Act claiming that the city had defrauded the federal government by making false...

Perkins v. Russo

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
District court's denial of defendant's request for habeas relief is affirmed as, even with plenary review, defendant's subordination of perjury claim...