Category: First Circuit Court of Appeals Opinions

EL MUNDO BROADCASTING CORPORATION, PLAINTIFF, APPELLEE, v. UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO CLC, DEFENDANT, APPELLANT. No. 96-2211.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Heard April 9, 1997 Decided June 2, 1997. David R. Jury, Assistant General Counsel, United Steelworkers of America, with whom Hilary E. Ball-Walker and Cooper, Mitch, Crawford, Kuykendall Whatley, Birmingham, AL, were on […]

GARCIA v. AMERICAN R. CO. OF PORTO RICO. No. 3690.Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit. April 23, 1942. Page 434 Appeal from the District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico; Wyche, Judge. Action by Antonio Garcia against the American Railroad Company of Porto Rico for personal injuries resulting from collision of an automobile […]

ROBERT W. DECKER, PLAINTIFF, APPELLANT, v. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, ET AL., DEFENDANTS, APPELLEES. ROBERT W. DECKER, PLAINTIFF, APPELLANT, v. PAUL McDONOUGH, ETC., ET AL., DEFENDANTS, APPELLEES. Nos. 87-1725, 87-1839.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Submitted March 11, 1988. Decided April 22, 1988. Page 18 Robert Decker, pro se. Larry M. Smukler, Asst. Atty. Gen., […]

HART SURGICAL, INC., Plaintiff/Respondent-Appellee, v. ULTRACISION, INC., and Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Defendants/Petitioners-Appellants. No. 00-1596.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Submitted November 28, 2000. Decided April 5, 2001. Appeal from the United Stats District Court for the District of Rhode Island, 92 F.Supp.2d 40, Ernest C. Torres, J. Page 232 Margaret M. Zwisler, with whom Richard […]

DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, PETITIONER, v. BATH IRON WORKS CORPORATION, COMMERCIAL UNION INSURANCE COMPANY AND LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, RESPONDENTS. No. 96-2162.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Heard September 11, 1997. Decided November 6, 1997. Page 46 [EDITORS’ NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL […]

DAVID SAMPSON, D/B/A SAMPSON ASSOCIATES, PLAINTIFF, APPELLEE, v. EATON CORPORATION, DEFENDANT, APPELLANT. No. 86-1297.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Argued September 9, 1986. Decided January 16, 1987. Page 157 Victor Bass with whom Arthur P. Kreiger and Palmer Dodge, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendant, appellant. James R. Senior with whom Conn, Austin, Conn […]

TILCON CAPALDI, INC., f/k/a Tilcon Gammino, Inc., Plaintiff, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Gerald FELDMAN, Defendant, Appellee/Cross-Appellant. Old Mashpee Associates Limited Partnership, Newton Centre Restaurant Corp., R J, Incorporated, Leonard J. Samia and New Boston Financial Partnership, Defendants, Appellees. Nos. 00-1350, 00-1351.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Heard March 5, 2001. Decided May 16, 2001. Rehearing Denied June […]

MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY, Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. QLT PHOTOTHERAPEUTICS, INC., Defendant. QLT, Inc., Counterclaim Plaintiff, Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Evangelos S. Gragoudas, M.D., Joan W. Miller, M.D., Counterclaim Defendants, Appellants/Cross-Appellees. Nos. 03-1682, 03-1683, 03-1725.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Heard April 8, 2004. Decided February 18, 2005. [EDITORS’ NOTE: THIS […]

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PLAINTIFF, APPELLEE, v. JOSE E. PANZARDI ALVAREZ, A/K/A “POLO”, DEFENDANT, APPELLANT. No. 86-1020.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Argued February 6, 1987. Decided April 23, 1987. Page 814 Charles G. White, Miami, Fla., for defendant, appellant. Lydia Lizarribar, Asst. U.S. Atty., Old San Juan, P.R., with whom Daniel F. Lopez Romo, […]

INTERCO, INCORPORATED, PLAINTIFF, APPELLEE, v. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON, DEFENDANT, APPELLANT. No. 77-1048.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Argued April 6, 1977. Decided August 16, 1977. William G. Young, Boston, Mass., with whom Joseph L. Kociubes and Bingham, Dana Gould, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendant, appellant. Gordon T. Walker, Boston, Mass., […]

NOTEMAN et al. v. WELCH, Collector. No. 3491.Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit. December 22, 1939. Page 207 Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts; Francis J.W. Ford, Judge. Action by Norman L. Noteman and other trustees of National Loan Society of Boston, against William M. Welch, Collector, […]

McEVOY TRAVEL BUREAU, INC., PLAINTIFF, APPELLANT, v. HERITAGE TRAVEL, INC., ET AL., DEFENDANTS, APPELLEES. No. 89-1999.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Heard March 5, 1990. Decided June 1, 1990. Page 787 Daniel F. Featherston, Jr., with whom Christopher L. Maclachlan, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for plaintiff, appellant. Louis M. Ciavarra with whom Michael P. […]

UNITED STATES, APPELLEE, v. ALVARO J. VARGAS, DEFENDANT, APPELLANT. No. 90-1084.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Heard November 7, 1990. Decided April 16, 1991. Charles P. McGinty, Federal Defender Office, for defendant, appellant. Duane J. Deskins, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Wayne A. Budd, U.S. Atty., was on brief for appellee. Appeal from the United […]

WEEKS v. WHITE, Former Collector of Internal Revenue. No. 3016.Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit. May 25, 1935. Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts; Hugh D. McLellan, Judge. Action by Sinclair Weeks against Thomas W. White, former Collector of Internal Revenue for the District of Massachusetts. Judgment […]

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Mario CONTRERAS PALACIOS, Defendant, Appellant. No. 05-2848.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Heard December 7, 2006. Decided June 28, 2007. Appeal from the District of Massachusetts, Mark L. Wolf, J. Page 40 Page Kelley for appellant. Paul R. Moore, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Michael J. Sullivan, United […]

STEPHEN WILLIAMS ET AL., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. THOMAS KLEPPE ET AL., DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES. No. 75-1332.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Argued April 7, 1976. Decided July 30, 1976. Page 804 Alan Dershowitz, Cambridge, Mass., with whom Jeanne Baker, Rosenberg Baker, and John Reinstein, Cambridge, Mass., were on brief, for appellants. James J. O’Leary, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, […]

VICTOR ZELMAN AND BETTY ZELMAN, PLAINTIFFS, APPELLANTS, v. RICHARD L. GREGG, COMMISSIONER OF THE PUBLIC DEPT., ET AL., DEFENDANTS, APPELLEES. No. 93-1416.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Submitted July 7, 1993. Decided February 17, 1994. Victor Zelman and Betty Zelman on brief pro se. Stuart E. Schiffer, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Jay P. McCloskey, U.S. […]

SAMUEL E. SCOTT, PLAINTIFF, APPELLANT, v. RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, DEFENDANT, APPELLEE. No. 82-1784.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Argued February 1, 1983. Decided March 8, 1983. Mary Ellen McCarthy, Holyoke, Mass., for plaintiff, appellant. Robert J. Triba, Asst. Regional Atty., Dept. of Health and Human Services, Boston, Mass., for defendant, appellee. Appeal from the United […]

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, APPELLEE, v. FRANCIS J. McQUEENEY, DEFENDANT, APPELLANT. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, APPELLEE, v. RICHARD RODNEY PATTERSON, DEFENDANT, APPELLANT. Nos. 81-1558, 81-1559.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Argued February 9, 1982. Decided March 29, 1982. Page 110 [EDITORS’ NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, […]

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jackson NASCIMENTO, Defendant, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. Lance Talbert, Defendant, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. Kamal Lattimore, Defendant, Appellant. Nos. 06-1152, 06-1153, 06-1154.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Heard May 8, 2007. Decided July 2, 2007. Appeal from the United States District Court for […]

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, APPELLEE, v. ARTHUR BARRETT, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. No. 75-1293.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Argued January 7, 1976. Decided June 22, 1976. Page 245 Martin G. Weinberg, Boston, Mass., with whom Oteri Weinberg, Boston, Mass., Jeanne Baker and Rosenberg Baker, Cambridge, Mass., were on brief, for defendant-appellant. Michael A. Collora, Asst. U.S. Atty., […]

CAMBRIDGE LITERARY PROPERTIES, LTD., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. W. GOEBEL PORZELLANFABRIK G.m.b.H. CO. KG.; Goebel Art G.m.b.H., d/b/a Goebel of North America, Defendants, Appellees, Ulrich Stocke; Goebel Verwaltungs-Und; Beteiligungsgesellschaft G.m.b.H.; Wilhelm Goebel, Defendants. No. 06-2339.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Heard May 8, 2007. Decided December 13, 2007. Page 78 Appeal from the United States District […]

STATE OF MAINE ET AL., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES, v. ROBERT W. FRI, ETC., ET AL., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. No. 73-1254.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Argued October 4, 1973. Decided November 2, 1973. Page 714 William D. Appler, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Irving Jaffe, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Peter Mills, U.S. Atty., and Walter H. Fleischer, Atty., […]

TOWN OF SEABROOK, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS, APPELLEES, v. STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, ET AL., DEFENDANTS, APPELLEES. SEABROOK CITIZENS FOR THE DEFENSE OF HOME RULE (SCDHR), INTERVENORS, APPELLANTS. No. 84-1187.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Argued June 8, 1984. Decided June 25, 1984. Stephen J. Tybursky, Portsmouth, N.H., with whom Tybursky Watson, Portsmouth, N.H., was on […]

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, PETITIONER, v. BOSTON NEEDHAM INDUSTRIAL CLEANING CO., INC., RESPONDENT. No. 75-1074.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Argued September 5, 1975. Decided November 13, 1975. Page 75 Roger T. Brice, Washington, D.C., with whom Peter G. Nash, Gen. Counsel, John S. Irving, Deputy Gen. Counsel, Patrick Hardin, Associate Gen. Counsel, and John […]

TITO OLIVERAS AND HENRY COMPTA, PLAINTIFFS, APPELLANTS, v. SERGIO MIRANDA LOPO, ET AL., DEFENDANTS, APPELLEES. No. 85-2030.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit. September 2, 1986. Page 4 Ronald L. Rosenbaum, Hato Rey, P.R., for plaintiffs, appellants. George Lopez Keelan, Hato Rey, P.R., with whom Luis R. Torres, San Juan, P.R., was on brief, for […]

PARIS UTILITY DISTRICT, PLAINTIFF, APPELLEE, v. A.C. LAWRENCE LEATHER CO., INC., DEFENDANT, APPELLANT. No. 88-1287.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Heard September 13, 1988. Decided November 3, 1988. As Amended November 15, 1988. Peter L. Murray with whom Michael L. Parker and Murray, Plumb Murray, Portland, Me., were on brief, for defendant, appellant. Theodore H. […]

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ET AL., PETITIONERS, APPELLEES, v. ARTHUR ANDERSEN CO., RESPONDENT, APPELLEE, AND GOOD HOPE INDUSTRIES, INC., INTERVENOR, APPELLANT. No. 79-1405.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Submitted February 13, 1980. Decided June 16, 1980. Page 726 Chester M. Howe, John M. Conley, and Gaston, Snow Ely Bartlett, Boston, Mass., on brief, for appellant. […]

UNITED STATES of America, SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Rene F. SOTOMAYOR-SANTOS, Margarita Marquez-Goitia, Conjugal Partnership, Sotomayor-Marquez, Defendants, Appellants. No. 95-1903United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Submitted August 2, 1996 Decided October 2, 1996 Arturo Aponte Pares, Hato Rey, PR, on brief for defendants, appellants. Page 585 Agnes I. Cordero, Assistant United States Attorney, […]

In re Robert Louis MARRAMA, Debtor. Robert Louis Marrama, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Citizens Bank of Massachusetts, Defendant, Appellee. No. 05-1858.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Heard December 8, 2005. Decided April 20, 2006. Appeal from the Bankruptcy Court, William C. Hillman, J. Page 519 David G. Baker, for the appellant. Michael A. Wirtz, with whom […]

CLAUDIO ANTHONY DIAZ TORRES, PETITIONER, APPELLANT, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, RESPONDENT, APPELLEE. No. 76-1223.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Submitted May 23, 1977. Decided November 4, 1977. Page 618 Armando Cardona Acaba, Bayamon, P.R., on brief, for petitioner, appellant. Julio Morales Sanchez, U.S. Atty., and Jose A. Quiles, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Juan, P.R., […]

URBINO et al. v. PUERTO RICO RY. LIGHT POWER CO. No. 4237.Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit. November 7, 1947. Appeal from the District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico; Robert A. Cooper, Judge. Action by Brigido Urbino and others against Puerto Rico Railway Light Power Company for liquidated damages under the Fair […]

MYRNA B. LAMB, PLAINTIFF, APPELLANT, v. TALBOT RANTOUL ET AL., DEFENDANTS, APPELLEES. No. 77-1128.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Heard June 1, 1977. Decided August 24, 1977. Edward E. Dillon, Jr., Providence, R. I., with whom Harold H. Winsten and Feiner Winsten, Providence, R. I., were on brief, for plaintiff, appellant. Richard A. Sherman, Providence, […]

IN RE CHARLESBANK LAUNDRY, INC., DEBTOR. SHEPARD A. SPUNT, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS, APPELLANTS, v. CHARLESBANK LAUNDRY, INC., ET AL., DEFENDANTS, APPELLEES. No. 84-1138.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Submitted September 14, 1984. Decided February 25, 1985. Page 201 Stuart DeBard and Weston, Patrick, Willard Redding, Boston, Mass., on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants. Janice L. Burnham […]

Andrew ZIMMERMANN, as Class Representative for the Certified Zimmermann Action Classes, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. EPSTEIN BECKER AND GREEN, P.C., et al., Defendants, Appellees. Andrew Zimmermann, as Class Representative for the Certified Zimmermann Action Classes, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. BDO Seidman, LLP, et al., Defendants, Appellees. Nos. 10-2174, 10-2275.United States Court of Appeals, […]

LAWRENCE NICKERSON, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS, APPELLANTS, v. MATCO TOOLS CORPORATION, A DIVISION OF THE JACOBS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, DEFENDANT, APPELLEE. No. 86-1622.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Argued January 7, 1987. Decided March 13, 1987. Page 530 Alexander Whiteside, with whom Allan R. Rosenberg, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants. Michael R. Coppock, with […]

JOSE MORALES SANABRIA, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN’S ASSOCIATION LOCAL 1575 AND GUILLERMO ORTIZ, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. No. 78-1294.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Argued February 9, 1979. Decided May 4, 1979. Nicolas Delgado Figueroa, Santurce, P.R., for defendants-appellants. Arturo Aponte Pares, Hato Rey, P.R., with whom Sarah Torres Peralta, Hato Rey, P.R., was on brief, for plaintiff-appellee. […]

PHILIP B. McDONOUGH, PETITIONER, APPELLANT, v. UNITED STATES, SECRETARY OF THE ARMY, HERBERT H. FLATHER, DEFENDANTS, APPELLEES. No. 71-1296.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Heard December 7, 1971. Decided December 29, 1971. Anthony McManus, Dover, N. H., for appellant. Carroll F. Jones, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom David A. Brock, U.S. Atty., and William B. […]

Frank E. MARSHALL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert H. NUGENT, Defendant-Appellee. SOCONY-VACUUM OIL COMPANY, Incorporated, Defendant-Appellant, v. Frank E. MARSHALL, Plaintiff-Appellee. SOCONY-VACUUM OIL COMPANY, Incorporated, Defendant-Appellant, v. Robert H. NUGENT, Defendant-Appellee. Nos. 4866-4868.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Argued January 4, 1955. Decided May 13, 1955. Rehearing Denied in No. 4867 May 31, 1955. Page 605 [EDITORS’ […]

Hon. Pedro J. ROSSELLÓ-GONZÁLEZ; Luis Fortuño; Miriam Ramírez; Nanette Guevara; Arnold Gil-Caraballo; Larry Seilhamer; Josáe Sánchez; Juan F. Ramírez; Javier Rodríguez-Horta, Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. Aníbal ACEVEDO-VILÁ; Aurelio Gracia-Morales, individually and in his capacity as President of the Puerto Rico Electoral Commission; Gerardo A. Cruz, individually and in his capacity as a member of the Puerto Rico […]

MAGNUS v. KEVILLE, U.S. Marshal. No. 1734.Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit. June 12, 1925. Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts; James Arnold Lowell, Judge. Petition by John B. Magnus for writ of habeas corpus to be directed to William J. Keville, United States Marshal. From an […]

Frank Alexander RUSSO, Petitioner, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION COMMISSIONER et al., Respondents, Appellees. No. 6489.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Submitted February 8, 1965. Decided March 1, 1965. Frank Alexander Russo, pro se. Before ALDRICH, Chief Judge, and WOODBURY, Senior Circuit Judge (by designation). ALDRICH, Chief Judge. Petitioner, Frank A. Russo, presently commorant in […]

SARAH P. WESSMANN, P.P.A. HENRY ROBERT WESSMANN, PLAINTIFF, APPELLANT, v. ROBERT P. GITTENS, CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE, ET AL., DEFENDANTS, APPELLEES. No. 98-1657.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Heard July 30, 1998. Decided November 19, 1998. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, [Hon. Joseph L. Tauro, U.S. […]

MacDonald v. Tandy Corp. No. 92-1802.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit. January 22, 1993. D.N.H., 796 F.Supp. 623. DECISIONS WITHOUT PUBLISHED OPINIONS AFFIRMED. Page 1110

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, APPELLEE, v. STEPHEN J. STAULA, DEFENDANT, APPELLANT. No. 95-1882.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Heard March 5, 1996. Decided March 29, 1996. Page 597 [EDITORS’ NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] Page 598 [EDITORS’ NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS […]

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PLAINTIFF, APPELLEE, v. CERTAIN LAND LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF BARNSTABLE, ETC., ET AL., DEFENDANTS, APPELLEES. APPEAL OF GRACE E. BESSAY, DEFENDANT. No. 88-2029.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Heard May 4, 1989. Decided November 17, 1989. Jeffrey B. Axelrod, with whom Cynthia L. Amara, Gregor I. McGregor, McGregor, Shea Doliner, […]

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Marvin T. KARGER, Appellant. No. 7782.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit. March 29, 1971. Page 1109 Mitchell Benjoya, Boston, Mass., with whom Joseph S. Oteri and Crane, Inker Oteri, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellant. Frederick W. Read, III, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Sidney M. […]

PLAY TIME, INC., APPELLEE, v. LDDS METROMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC., A/K/A WORLDCOM, INC. OR WORLDCOM, APPELLANT. No. 96-2066.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Heard May 7, 1997 Decided August 12, 1997 Page 24 Joan A. Lukey, with whom Anthony A. Scibelli and Hale and Dorr, LLP were on brief for appellant. Kenneth L. Kimmell, with whom […]

Louise CHANDLER, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. ENGLE BROS., INC., Defendant, Appellee. No. 5832.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit. October 20, 1961. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts; Edward Thaxter Gignoux, Judge. Reuben H. Nitkin, Boston, Mass., for appellant. Thomas D. Burns, Boston, Mass., with whom William H. Clancy, George […]

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Edward COKER, Defendant, Appellant. No. 04-2154.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Heard October 4, 2005. Decided December 28, 2005. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, George A. O’Toole, Jr., J. Page 40 James H. Budreau, for appellant. William H. Connolly, Assistant United […]

UNIROYAL, INC., PLAINTIFF, APPELLANT, v. UNIVERSAL TIRE AUTO SUPPLY CO., D/B/A UNIVERSAL TIRE CO., ET AL., DEFENDANTS, APPELLEES. No. 77-1058.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Argued May 3, 1977. Decided June 20, 1977. Irving Karg, Boston, Mass., with whom Wasserman Salter, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellant. Thomas J. Raftery, Boston, Mass., with whom […]

ANN M. PALMER, AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH C. PALMER, AND ANN M. PALMER AND DAPHNE S. PALMER, PLAINTIFFS, APPELLEES, v. LIGGETT GROUP, INC., AND LIGGETT MYERS TOBACCO CO., INC., DEFENDANTS, APPELLANTS. No. 86-1525.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Heard October 9, 1986. Decided August 25, 1987. Page 621 Donald J. Cohn with […]

SEABOARD TUG BARGE, Inc. v. REDERI AB/DISA. No. 4805.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit. June 25, 1954. Page 773 Arthur J. Santry, Boston, Mass. (Arthur J. Santry, Jr., Boston, Mass., on the brief), for appellant. Leo F. Glynn, Boston, Mass. (Thomas H. Walsh, Boston, Mass., on the brief), for appellee. Before MAGRUDER, Chief Judge, […]

UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFF, APPELLEE, v. JESUS DiPINA A/K/A GUSTAVO GONSALEZ, DEFENDANT, APPELLANT. No. 98-2142United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Heard March 1, 1999. Decided May 27, 1999. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND [Hon. Ronald R. Lagueux, U.S. District Judge] Page 69 [EDITORS’ NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. […]

CARTERET SAVINGS LOAN ASSOCIATION, F.A., PLAINTIFF, APPELLEE, v. DR. NEIL D. JACKSON, ET AL., DEFENDANTS, APPELLANTS. No. 86-1848.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Argued January 9, 1987. Decided February 26, 1987. Page 37 Stephen A. Hopkins, with whom Paul Killeen, Miriam R. Goldstein and Sherburne, Powers Needham, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendants, appellants. […]

FREDERICK GADSON, PLAINTIFF, APPELLANT, v. CONCORD HOSPITAL, DEFENDANT, APPELLEE. No. 91-2047.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Submitted March 30, 1992. Decided June 9, 1992. Page 33 Frederick Gadson, on brief, pro se. Eugene M. Van Loan III, Robert E. Murphy, Jr., Kathleen C. Peahl, and Wadleigh, Starr, Peters, Dunn Chiesa, Manchester, N.H., on brief, for […]

GLORIA THERIAULT ET AL., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. DAVID E. SMITH, DEFENDANT-APPELLEE. No. 75-1221.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Submitted July 8, 1975. Decided July 30, 1975. Robert Edmond Mittel and Susan W. Calkins, Portland, Me., for plaintiffs-appellants. Joseph M. Kozak, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of […]

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, APPELLEE, v. JOHN GONSALVES, DEFENDANT, APPELLANT. No. 81-1265.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Argued November 2, 1981. Decided January 6, 1982. Certiorari Denied March 29, 1982. Steven A. Sussman, Watertown, Mass., by appointment of the Court, for appellant. Robert B. Collings, First Asst. U.S. Atty., Chief, Crim. Div., Boston, Mass., with […]

In the Matter of Rudolph Adolph MATHEISEL, Appellant. No. 5825.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit. May 5, 1961. Rudolph Adolph Matheisel, pro se. Before WOODBURY, Chief Judge, and HARTIGAN and ALDRICH, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM. This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire […]

Elaine L. CHAO, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. HOTEL OASIS, INC., d/b/a Parador Oasis; Lionel Lugo-Rodríguez, Individually and as President of Hotel Oasis, Inc., Defendants, Appellants. No. 06-1021.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Heard May 9, 2007. Decided June 28, 2007. Appeal from the United States District Court for […]

ELDON S. CHAPMAN ET AL., PETITIONERS, APPELLEES, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT, APPELLANT. No. 79-1336.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Argued November 7, 1979. Decided March 31, 1980. Ernest J. Brown, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., with whom M. Carr Ferguson, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Gilbert E. Andrews, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, […]

JOSEPH LePAGE ET AL., PLAINTIFFS, APPELLANTS, v. PHILIP J. PICARD, RESPONDENT, APPELLEE. No. 73-1359.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Argued March 6, 1974. Decided April 18, 1974. Page 27 Evan T. Lawson, Boston, Mass., by appointment of the court, for plaintiffs, appellants. Barbara A. H. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom Robert H. Quinn, Atty. […]

JEANNETTE SILVA ET AL., PLAINTIFFS, APPELLEES, v. EAST PROVIDENCE HOUSING AUTHORITY ET AL., DEFENDANTS, APPELLEES, CARLA A. HILLS, ETC., ET AL., DEFENDANTS, APPELLANTS. No. 77-1087.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Argued September 7, 1977. Decided November 22, 1977. Barry L. Goldstein, Atty., Civil Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., with whom Barbara Allen Babcock, Asst. […]

DWIGHT W. MATTIS, Petitioner, Appellant, v. JANET RENO, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL., Respondents, Appellees. No. 99-1429.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Heard March 6, 2000. Decided May 8, 2000. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS [Hon. William G. Young, U.S. District Judge] Page 32 Christopher […]

Sylvia DIFFENDERFER, on behalf of herself and as a representative of the class herein defined; Robert McCarroll, on behalf of himself and as a representative of the class herein defined, Plaintiffs, Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. Ramon E. GOMEZ-COLON, President of the State Electoral Commission of Puerto Rico; Walter Velez-Rodriguez, Secretary of the State Electoral Commission of the […]

STRAZZULLA BROS. CO. et al. v. FARGO REAL ESTATE TRUST. No. 4100.Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit. November 19, 1945. Page 62 Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts; Arthur D. Healey, Judge. Condemnation proceeding by the United States against the Fargo Real Estate Trust, wherein Strazzulla Bros. […]

UNITED STATES FIDELITY GUARANTY CO. v. McNULTY BROS., Inc., et al. TITLE GUARANTY SURETY CO. v. SAME. SLATTERY v. NOEL CONST. CO. et al. Nos. 1919-1921.Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit. June 8, 1926. In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts; James M. Morton, Judge. Suit by […]

KEVIN HOWARD, PLAINTIFF, APPELLANT, v. UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING AND PIPE FITTING INDUSTRY, LOCAL # 131, DEFENDANT, APPELLEE. No. 76-1377.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Argued March 2, 1977. Decided June 30, 1977. Page 18 Edward T. Clancy, with whom Fisher, Parsons, Moran Temple, Dover, N. H., was on brief, […]

Charles SANTANA-CASTRO; Félix Santana-Carmona; Aida Santana-Castro, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Pedro TOLEDO-DÁVILA, Superintendent of the Puerto Rico Police Department; José Ramos-González, Commander of the Fajardo Region; José Lebrón-Alicea, Supervisor; Nelson Torres-González, Commander of the Special Operations Unit; Jesús Sánchez-Zavala, Police Officer; Israel Candelaria-Vélez, Police Officer; John Doe; Dionisio Molina-Padró, Police Officer, Defendants, Appellees. No. 08-1964.United States […]

James J. DRISCOLL, Defendant, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Edward J. GERAGHTY v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. James L. MAGUIRE v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Paul J. WATSON v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. William A. YAKABOWICZ v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. William J. DWYER v. UNITED STATES of America, […]

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, APPELLEE, v. ROBERTO VALLE, DEFENDANT, APPELLANT. No. 95-1832.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Heard December 8, 1995. December 26, 1995. Page 211 [EDITORS’ NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] Page 212 William J. Murphy for appellant. Margaret E. […]

BRIEN VOLPE, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS, APPELLEES, v. PRUDENTIAL PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, DEFENDANT, APPELLANT. No. 86-1035.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Submitted May 8, 1986. Decided September 4, 1986. Mark L. Mallory, Linda E. Fraas and Law Offices of Kenneth G. Bouchard, P.A., Manchester, N.H., on brief, for defendant, appellant. Steven E. Hengen and […]

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Michael MARKS, Defendant, Appellant. No. 03-1937.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Heard February 2, 2004. Decided April 30, 2004. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maine, Gene Carter, J. Page 102 Joseph H. Groff, III, with whom Jensen, Baird, Gardner Henry was on brief, […]

MILDRED I. GOYCO de MALDONADO, PLAINTIFF, APPELLEE, v. JOSE A. RIVERA, ETC., DEFENDANT, APPELLANT. No. 87-1872.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Heard February 1, 1988. Decided June 9, 1988. Carlos Del Valle with whom Hector Rivera Cruz, Secretary of Justice, Com. of Puerto Rico, Rafael Ortiz Carrion, Sol. Gen., Marcos A. Ramirez Irrizarry, Jose A. […]

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Edwin COLÓN-DÍAZ, Defendant, Appellant. No. 06-2550.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Heard November 9, 2007. Decided March 26, 2008. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Daniel R. Dominguez, J. Page 30 [EDITORS’ NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL […]

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PLAINTIFF, APPELLEE, v. RAFAEL NORIEGA-MILLAN, A/K/A RAFI, DEFENDANT, APPELLANT. No. 96-1420United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Heard December 6, 1996 Decided April 7, 1997 Page 163 Juan David Vilaro-Colon, Ponce, PR, on brief, for defendant, appellant. Jeannette Mercado-Rios, Attorney, Hato Rey, PR, with whom Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, Jose A. […]

DAVID A. MAGERER, PLAINTIFF, APPELLANT, v. JOHN SEXTON CO., ET AL., DEFENDANTS, APPELLEES. No. 90-1290.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Heard July 30, 1990. Decided August 30, 1990. Page 526 Lawrence D. Humphrey with whom Frederick T. Golder and Bernstein, Golder, Field Miller, P.A., were on brief, for plaintiff, appellant. Kenneth M. Bello with whom […]

HENRY C. TAYLOR, PLAINTIFF, APPELLEE, v. BOSTON AND TAUNTON TRANSPORTATION CO., DEFENDANT, APPELLANT. No. 83-1406.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Argued October 3, 1983. Decided November 10, 1983. Bernard P. Rome, Boston, Mass., with whom Thomas L. McLaughlin, and Wasserman, Salter Rome, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendant, appellant. James S. Robbins, Boston, Mass., […]

RICHARD CEPULONIS, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS, APPELLEES, v. MICHAEL V. FAIR, ET AL., DEFENDANTS, APPELLANTS. No. 83-1480.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Argued December 5, 1983. Decided March 29, 1984. Page 2 Alexander G. Gray, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., with whom Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for defendants, appellants. […]

GEORGE E. WARREN CORPORATION v. BRITAIN S.S. CO. No. 3375.Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit. December 6, 1938. Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts; Hugh D. McLellan, Judge. In Admiralty. Libel by the Britain Steamship Company against George E. Warren Corporation. From an adverse decree, the respondent […]

Jorge E. APONTE; Daniel PagÁn, Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Sila María CALDERÓN; Adolfo Krans; Conjugal Partnership, Krans-Calderón, Defendants, Appellants, David Noriega-Rodríguez; Ileana Colón-Carlo; Carmen Rita Vélez-Borrás; Pedro Galarza; Pedro López-Oliver; Angel Hermida, Defendants, Appellants. Nos. 01-2705, 01-2706.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Heard March 4, 2002. Decided March 22, 2002. Page 185 [EDITORS’ NOTE: THIS PAGE […]

Adam JENNINGS, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Kenneth JONES, Defendant, Appellee. No. 08-2117.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Heard September 9, 2009. Decided November 19, 2009. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island, Ernest C. Torres, J. Page 431 Charles M. Bradley for appellant. Rebecca Tedford Partington, Deputy Chief, Civil Division, […]

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, APPELLEE, v. ROGER MORIN, A/K/A PARIS VIDEO, DEFENDANT, APPELLANT. Nos. 88-2181, 88-2228.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Heard June 6, 1989. Decided November 15, 1989. Page 329 June Zellers Schau with whom Stephen B. Wade and Skelton, Taintor Abbott, Auburn, Me., were on brief, for defendant, appellant. Margaret D. McGaughey, Asst. […]

The MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK, Executor, Defendant, Appellant, v. Bernice I. MORRISS, Plaintiff, Appellee. No. 5452.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit. July 31, 1959. Page 364 James E. Mitchell, Bangor, Me., with whom John W. Ballou and Mitchell Ballou, Bangor, Me., were on brief, for appellant. Bartolo M. Siciliano, Dexter, Me., for appellee. Before MAGRUDER, […]

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Darren FRANKLIN, Defendant, Appellant. No. 09-1529.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Heard September 9, 2010. Decided January 5, 2011. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Rya Zobel, J. Page 54 Jonathan Shapiro, with whom Alexandra Deal was on brief, for appellant. Scott A.C. Meisler, Criminal […]

JUSTO CRUZ-RAMOS, PLAINTIFF, APPELLANT, v. PUERTO RICO SUN OIL CO., DEFENDANT, APPELLEE. No. 99-1683.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Heard January 5, 2000 Decided January 28, 2000. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO [Hon. Hector M. Laffitte, U.S. District Judge] Page 382 [EDITORS’ NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. […]

DAVID A. HAEFELI, PETITIONER-APPELLEE, v. PAUL CHERNOFF ET AL., RESPONDENTS-APPELLANTS. No. 75-1192.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Argued September 10, 1975. Decided December 15, 1975. Dennis J. LaCroix, Asst. Atty. Gen., Crim. Div., with whom Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., and John J. Irwin, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief, Crim. Div., were on brief, for […]

PEARSON v. BRENNAN. No. 2979.Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit. March 9, 1935. Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts; Elisha H. Brewster, Judge. Suit by Stephen H. Brennan against Herbert Pearson, receiver of the Federal National Bank of Boston, Massachusetts, and others. From a decree for plaintiff […]

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PLAINTIFF, APPELLEE, v. THE PROCEEDS OF SALE OF 3,888 POUNDS ATLANTIC SEA SCALLOPS, ETC., DEFENDANT, APPELLEE. APPEAL OF ARNE JENSEN AND A E FISHERIES, INC., CLAIMANTS, APPELLANTS. No. 88-1309.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Submitted July 20, 1988. Decided September 21, 1988. Page 47 Joseph J. Altieri, Providence, R.I., Edward V. […]

JORGE VEGA AND EUSEBIO LEON, PLAINTIFFS, APPELLANTS, v. KODAK CARIBBEAN, LTD., DEFENDANT, APPELLEE. No. 93-1156.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Submitted June 9, 1993. Decided August 24, 1993. Page 477 Carlos F. Lopez, San Juan, PR, and Maria Del C. Gomez-Cordova, Bayamon, PR, on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants. Page 478 Carlos V. J. Davila, Jacqueline […]

Wen Y. CHIANG, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. VERIZON NEW ENGLAND INC., Defendant, Appellee. No. 09-1214.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Heard December 9, 2009. Decided February 9, 2010. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Douglas P. Woodlock, J. Page 27 [EDITORS’ NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN […]

ALLOYD GENERAL CORPORATION et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. BUILDING LEASING CORPORATION, Defendant, Appellee. No. 6672.United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.Heard April 26, 1966. Decided May 26, 1966. Page 360 Frederick G. Fisher, Jr., and Harold Hestnes, Boston, Mass., with whom Ernest Winsor, Standish Bradford, Jr., and Hale Dorr, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for […]