United States First Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Cerqueira v. American Airlines, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts
In a suit alleging that the removal of the plaintiff from a flight and subsequent denial of re-booking violated his rights to be free of race...

ACA Financial Guar. Corp. v. Advest, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Education Law, Securities Law
In a suit alleging violations of federal securities laws in the offering of bonds of a college, dismissal of the complaint and denial of a...

Hanna v. Sec'y of the Army

Government Law, Habeas Corpus, Military Law
Grant of petition for habeas corpus after a denial of discharge from the Army as a conscientious objector is affirmed where the Army's denial of the...

Lee-Barnes v. Puerto Ven Quarry Corp.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit to recover investments after failed business dealings, an appeal of an order nullifying a prejudgment surety bond after the poster declared...

Tobon-Marin v. Mukasey

Immigration Law
Petition for review of a denial of applications for asylum is denied where: 1) forced conscription into a rebel group would not constitute...

Goulet v. New Penn Motor Express, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging breach of a labor agreement by an employer and breach of the duty of fair representation by a union, verdicts in favor of...

Malloy v. WM Specialty Mortgage, LLC

Civil Procedure, Sanctions
Dismissal with prejudice for failure to comply with discovery obligations is affirmed where: 1) even though the judgment was entered prematurely, it...

Picciotto v. Cont'l Cas. Co.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice
In a suit against an attorney's malpractice insurers, dismissal for failure to join a necessary and indispensable party who would destroy diversity...

US v. Taylor

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon is affirmed where the district court did not err in denying defendant's motion to suppress...

US v. Smith

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction for falsely stating on a federal firearms transaction record that defendant had never been committed to a mental hospital is affirmed over...