United States First Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. CABRAL

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
Where evidence showed that previsouly deported alien had only a one-way ticket and not enough money to buy a return ticket, his argument that he...

EMMANUEL v. US

Civil Procedure, International Law
Because the United Nations and Haiti executed a Status of Forces Agreement extending United Nations immunity to United Nations Mission in Haiti and...

GARDNER v. VESPIA

Constitutional Law
Because the Second Amendment does not confer an absolute right to bear arms, plaintiff's inability to purchase a gun because of a misinterpretation of...

STARLIGHT SUGAR, INC. v. SOTO

Constitutional Law
Where plaintiffs' Equal Protection Clause challenge fails to demonstrate the deprivation of a constitutional right, in addition to undeveloped law...

CENT. MAINE POWER CO. v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Administrative Law
FERC has the authority to set the amount of the installed capability deficiency charge, a penalty for electric utilities who fail to meet certain...

AMBROSE v. NEW ENGLAND ASS'N OF SCHS. & COLLS., INC.

Education Law, Injury & Tort Law
Because defendant accredits colleges based on evaluation of the institution as a whole, plaintiffs cannot rely on failures within one single program...

US v. VELEZ-SALDANA

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's inability to account for his being in a remote location where drugs had recently been found justified Terry stop and arrest although there...

US v. JOHNSTONE

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Immigration Law
Where removal from the United States occurred after the conviction, a conviction that is later vacated for constitutional error can still serve as an...

US v. ACOSTA-MARTINEZ

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
The imposition of the death penalty on federal defendants in Puerto Rico does not violate the substantive due process rights of the United States...

MIRRA CO., INC. v. SCH. ADMIN. DIST. #35

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Where a contract addendum merely changed the language of the arbitration clause to require mediation rather than arbitration, either party is free to...