United States First Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Corado-Arriaza v.Lynch

Immigration Law
In an immigration action, the petition seeking to reverse the Board of Immigration Appeals' removal order is denied where petitioner did not present a...

Labor Relations Division of Co v. Healey

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Construction
In an action brought by a group of construction-industry employers' associations and employers seek relief from a broad category of enforcement...

US v. DaSilva

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Sentence and conditions of supervised release for guilty plea to failing to register as a sex offender in violation of the Sex Offender Registration...

Garmon, Sr. v. Nat'l Railroad Passenger Corp.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit filed by an African-American man currently employed by Amtrak, alleges that his opportunities for overtime were...

Santander Holdings USA, Inc. v. US

Tax Law
In a suit to obtain a refund from the IRS, concerning whether plaintiff, a U.S. taxpayer, is entitled to a refund from the IRS after the IRS began...

Hagerty v. Cyberonics, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Health Law
In a qui tam action alleging, among other things, that defendant violated the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. section 3729 et seq., and related...

Troiano v. Aetna Life Ins. Co.

ERISA
In an appeal arising from a dispute between an ERISA disability plan administrator and a beneficiary over the amount by which the monthly disability...

Chase v. United States Postal Service

Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging that plaintiff's former employer, the United States Postal Service (USPS) terminated him in retaliation for taking FMLA leave,...

Bates v. Citimortgage, Inc.

Debt Collection, Tax Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection
In an action filed by plaintiffs who filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, in which their mortgage debt was discharged, and defendants foreclosed on their...

HSBC Bank USA, N.A. v. Lassman

Bankruptcy Law
In an appeal from a consolidated adversary action in bankruptcy, brought by the trustee seeking, pursuant to 11 U.S.C. section 544(a)(3), to 'avoid' a...