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:

It is the smallest of the thirteen federal appeals courts.

Browse Opinions From the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Recent Decisions From the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
US v. Cheveres-Morales
Date: September 29, 2023
Docket Number: 20-1245
US v. Navarro-Santisteban
Date: September 29, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1735
United States v. Perez-Greaux  
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…

US v. Melendez-Hiraldo
Date: September 27, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1863
U-Nest Holdings, Inc. v. Ascensus College Savings Recordkeeping Services, LLC  
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…

United States v. Melendez-Hiraldo  
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…

FOMB v. Hernandez-Montanez, FOMB v. Pierluisi-Urrutia
Date: September 21, 2023
Docket Numbers: 23-1267, 23-1358, 23-1268
Merullo v. Amica Mutual Insurance Company
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number: 23-1005
St. John v. Garland  
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…

US v. Dexter
Date: September 18, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1793
DiCroce v. McNeil Nutritionals, LLC  
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…

United States v. A.R.  
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.…

TBL Licensing LLC v. Werfel  
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…

Anvar v. Dwyer  
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,…

US v. Falcon-Nieves
Date: September 1, 2023
Docket Numbers: 20-2189, 20-2190
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