United States First Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Alexander v. Brigham & Women's Physicians Org., Inc.

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging that the benefit plans for a physicians' organization violated ERISA's vesting and fiduciary duty requirements, judgment for...

Chmielinski v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging that termination proceedings for a probation officer violated his procedural due process rights, dismissal for failure to state a...

Pasquina v. Cunningham

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection, Judgement Enforcement, Property Law & Real Estate
In a bankruptcy case involving the attempted recovery of a judgment for breach of fiduciary duties, an order of the district court in favor of the...

Naser Jewelers, Inc. v. City of Concord

Constitutional Law, Media Law
Denial of a preliminary injunction to prohibit the enforcement of a municipal ban on signs which display electronically changeable messages is...

Nascimento v. Preferred Mut. Ins. Co.

Contracts, Environmental Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit over an insurance company's obligation to defend plaintiff in an environmental liability suit brought against him, judgment for...

C.G. v. Five Town Comty. Sch. Dist.

Education Law, Government Law, Health Law
In a suit under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act claiming that defendants failed to provide a disabled student with a free and...

US v. Urciuoli

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
Convictions and sentences for mail fraud and conspiracy as part of a scheme to bribe a state legislator are vacated and remanded where jury...

Gagliardi v. Sullivan

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging that the dissolution of a municipal board for failure to achieve the required state certification...

Cytologix Corp. v. Ventana Med. Sys., Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent, Sanctions
In a consolidated suit involving patent and antitrust claims, appellee's motion to dismiss is granted where the Court of Appeals for the Federal...

US v. Pomales-Lebron

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction for drug-trafficking offenses is affirmed where: 1) there was no prejudicial error in allowing a government witness to testify about...