First Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law
Based in Boston, Massachusetts, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit was established in 1891 has appellate jurisdiction over courts in the following districts:
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- District of Massachusetts
- District of New Hampshire
- District of Puerto Rico
- District of Rhode Island
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Recent Decisions From the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Date: September 28, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1699
Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit vacated Defendant's conviction for possession of a machine-gun in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and remanded the case for a new trial as to that count, holding that the jury should have been…
Date: September 22, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1229
Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court affirming U-Nest Holdings, Inc.'s motion for relief from judgment in a 2019 federal court action under Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(6), holding that the district…
Date: September 21, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1863
Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the 194-month sentence imposed upon Defendant after he pled guilty to using, carrying, brandishing, and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, holding that the sentence…
Date: September 21, 2023
Docket Numbers: 23-1267, 23-1358, 23-1268
Date: September 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1695
Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit denied Petitioner's petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) decision dismissing Sandra St. John's appeal from the judgment of the Immigration Judge (IJ) denying her statutory…
Date: September 18, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1910
Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court dismissing Plaintiff's putative class action against McNeil Nutritionals, LLC and Johnson & Johnson Consumer, Inc. challenging certain statements on the…
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1700
Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part the order of the district court ordering A.R., who was adjudicated delinquent in a proceeding under the Federal Juvenile Delinquency Act (FJDA), 18 U.S.C.…
Date: September 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1783
Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the tax court sustaining a notice of deficiency issued by the Internal Revenue Services (IRS) to TBL Licensing LLC for the 2011 tax year, holding that the Tax Commissioner…
Date: September 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1843
Justia Opinion Summary: In this appeal arising out of a challenge to Rhode Island's liquor laws the First Circuit affirmed in part and vacated in part the judgment of the district court granting summary judgment for Defendants as to all claims,…
