United States First Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Torres

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Remedies, Tax Law
Sovereign immunity bars awards for emotional distress damages against the federal government under Bankruptcy Code section 105(a) for any willful...

Stuebler v. Xcelera.com

Class Actions, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Cyberspace Law, Securities Law
Order certifying a class and an insider trading subclass in a securities fraud class action involving an internet holding company is affirmed where...

Bowe v. Polymedica Corp.

Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Health Law, Securities Law
Order certifying a class in a securities fraud class action involving medical supply companies is vacated where the district court adopted an...

Taylor v. US Dep't of Labor

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Petition for review of a decision by defendant regarding intervention in underlying employment retaliation suits brought by petitioners is denied over...

Brown v. Credit Suisse First Boston LLC

Banking Law, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal of plaintiff's securities fraud complaint alleging losses resulting from false and misleading statements made by defendant's...

Medeiros v. Vincent

Administrative Law, Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law
Order dismissing plaintiff's complaint challenging the constitutionality of a Department of Environmental Management regulation restricting the number...

Gorfinkle v. U.S. Airways

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
Grant of summary judgment for airline defendant in a negligence action is affirmed where preserving diversity jurisdiction via dismissal of a...

Morris v. UNUM Life Ins. Co. of Am.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Government Benefits, Health Law, Insurance Law
Denial of plaintiff's motion for reconsideration of the denial of her claim for benefits for physical disability under the Employee Retirement and...

Whitfield v. Melendez-Rivera

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
Jury verdict and award in a civil rights suit brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 involving a police shooting is vacated as to the liability of the...

Vistamar, Inc. v. Fagundo-Fagundo

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint brought under federal civil rights laws alleging discriminatory application of eminent domain is affirmed where...