United States First Circuit - Opinion Summaries

TOWER VENTURES, INC. v. CITY OF WESTFIELD

Civil Procedure, Sanctions
Disobedience of a court's scheduling orders can constitute extreme misconduct justifying dismissal of an action with prejudice, when coupled with...

US v. DENIS

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Possession of firearms is active conduct, and a domestic assault conviction under Maine law was sufficient to alert defendant to the possible...

GOYA FOODS, INC. v. WALLACK MGMT. CO.

Civil Procedure, Judgement Enforcement, Property Law & Real Estate
Contempt findings are affirmed where, notwithstanding failure to comply strictly with requirements for perfecting orders prohibiting the alienation of...

IN RE: PERRY HOLLOW MGMT. CO., INC.

Bankruptcy Law
A security interest in part of a bankruptcy estate was properly set aside where the holder's actions, in failing to file necessary financing...

CORREA v. CRUISERS, A DIVISION OF OF KCS INT'L, INC.

Contracts, Remedies, Product Liability
The limitations period in a breach of warranty action (against hidden defects in the sale of a motorboat) began when plaintiff refused defendants'...

BARRESSI v. MALONEY

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
An Application for Leave to Obtain Further Appellate Review was sufficient to apprise a reasonable jurist that petitioner was seeking to vindicate his...

TRIGONES v. BISSONNETTE

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Defendant's Sixth Amendment confrontation right was not violated where transcript testimony was admissible under the exception to the hearsay rule for...

LOGIODICE v. TRUSTEES OF MAINE CENT. INST.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
A school district which underwrites secondary education for students at a privately operated high school, was not a "state actor" for due process...

JET WINE & SPIRITS, INC. v. BACARDI & CO. LTD.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
An owner of various trademarks and intellectual property related to internationally sold alcoholic beverages, was subject to personal jurisdiction in...

NATIONAL TOWER, LLC v. PLAINVILLE ZONING BD. OF APPEALS

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Denial of zoning permits for construction of cellular antenna towers effectively prohibited the provision of seamless wireless services, in violation...