United States First Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Garcia-Goyco v. Law Envtl. Consultants, Inc.

Copyright, Intellectual Property, Remedies
In an action for copyright infringement, the award of costs and attorneys' fees following summary judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed where the...

US v. Florentino

Criminal Law & Procedure; Immigration Law; Sentencing

US v. Mares

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence affirmed where defendant's parents consented to officer's search of their house and the finding that...

Cordle v. Guarino

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Dismissal of plaintiff's habeas corpus petition, as time-barred, is affirmed where the time limitations of the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death...

Sena v. Gonzales

Immigration Law, Criminal Law and Procedure

US v. Yeje-Cabrera

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A district court may not punish the prosecution by granting a defendant a lower than warranted sentence after trial because the government had engaged...

Petrillo v. O'Neill

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of plaintiff's habeas petition is affirmed over his claim that the Massachusetts Appeals Court failed to apply the appropriate constitutional...

US v. McKoy

Criminal Law & Procedure
The district court correctly suppressed evidence found on defendant's person during a pat-frisk search since the totality of the circumstances did not...

US v. Momoh

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's Fourth Amendment rights were not violated when a shipping company employee searched his package since the employee was not acting as an...

Connolly v. H.D. Goodall Hospital, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, White Collar Crime
Where a district court dismisses the federal portion of a case and remands the remaining state claims to state court, it may vacate its remand order...