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. Melendez-Hiraldo
Date: September 21, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1863
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
US v. Munoz-Martinez
Date: August 31, 2023
Docket Number: 20-1749
United States v. Reyes-Correa  
Date: August 31, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1913

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit vacated Defendant's statutory maximum thirty-six-month sentence that the district court imposed following a revocation of supervised release, holding that the district court's failure adequately to…

FOMB v. Cooperativa de Ahorro y Credito
Date: August 31, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1092
Allstate Insurance Company v. Fougere
Date: August 31, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1258
United States v. Vaquerano Canas  
Date: August 30, 2023
Docket Number: 22-1202

Justia Opinion Summary: The First Circuit affirmed Defendant's 516-month sentence entered upon his guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to conduct enterprise affairs through a pattern of racketeering activity (RICO), holding that there was no…

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