United States First Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Blair v. City of Worcester

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by plaintiffs claiming they were allegedly attacked and beaten by several city police officers, grant of defendants' motion to...

Lugo-Velazquez v. Stiefel Lab., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an appeal primarily addressing an employee's ERISA-related claims against a former employer, summary judgment for employer is affirmed over...

Delaney v. Bartee

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of habeas corpus relief from a conviction for, inter alia, armed assault with intent to kill is affirmed where, regardless of whether...

Dixon v. Shamrock Fin. Co.

Class Actions, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law
In a class action involving defendant's unlawful access to credit reports for solicitation purposes in violation of the FCRA, grant of defendant's...

ConnectU, LLC v. Zuckerberg

Civil Procedure, Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property
In an appeal in a dispute about the parties' rights in and to Facebook, an order dismissing the action is reversed where the jurisdictional claim in...

Fernandez-Vargas v. Pfizer Pharm., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, ERISA, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an action arising from the death of a person who was shot while working at Pfizer's facility in Puerto Rico, judgment for defendant is affirmed...

US v. Politano

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence above the guidelines range for engaging in a business of dealing firearms without a license is affirmed where the district court: 1) acted...

Cuko v. Mukasey

Evidence, Immigration Law
Petition for review of a BIA order denying petitioner's application for asylum is denied over claims that: 1) the IJ improperly assumed the role of a...

Five Star Transp., Inc. v. NLRB

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
Petition for review of an NLRB decision finding that employer engaged in unfair labor practices in violation of section 8(a)(1) of the NLRA when it...

In Re: New Motor Vehicles Canadian Export Antitrust Litig.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, International Trade, Transportation
In a multi-district consumer class action alleging conspiracy by automobile manufacturers to illegally block lower-priced imports from Canada to...