Torruella: Circuit Judge, First Circuit
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| US v. Cardona-Diaz | April 17, 2008 |
| Appeal from the District of Puerto Rico | |
| Before: Torruella, Lipez, Wallace | |
| criminal, sentencing | |
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| Blogged:Appellate Law & Practice CA1: District Court misunderstanding plea agreement wasn’t that bad | |
| Yopp v. Boston Scientific | April 16, 2008 |
| Appeal from the District of Massachusetts | |
| Before: Lynch, Torruella, Tashima | |
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| Blogged:Appellate Law & Practice CA1: PSLRA dismissal reversed | |
| Evans v. Thompson | April 16, 2008 |
| Before: Lynch, Selya, Howard, Torruella, Lipez, Boudin | |
| en banc | |
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| Blogged:Appellate Law & Practice CA1: Rehearing denied with dissent in AEDPA “remedy” caseDecision of the Day Another Critique of AEDPA – From an Unlikely Source | |
| Thompson v. Coca-Cola Co. | April 15, 2008 |
| Appeal from the District of Massachusetts | |
| Before: Lynch, Torruella, Lipez | |
| discrimination | |
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| Blogged:Appellate Law & Practice CA1: no discriminatory animus at Coke | |
| DeAndrade v. Trans Union LLC | April 15, 2008 |
| Appeal from the District of Rhode Island | |
| Before: Torruella, Boudin, Stahl | |
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| Blogged:Appellate Law & Practice CA1: First sides with credit reporting agencies where valid loan was secured by forged mortgage | |
| Femino v. NFA Corp. | April 14, 2008 |
| Appeal from the District of Rhode Island | |
| Before: Selya, Torruella, Lipez | |
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| Blogged:Appellate Law & Practice CA1: ERISA, the ADA and pro ses | |
| US v. Rosado | April 14, 2008 |
| Appeal from the District of Massachusetts | |
| Before: Lynch, Torruella, Lipez | |
| criminal, sentencing | |
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| Blogged:Appellate Law & Practice CA1: another “in furtherance” affirmance ending with an opaque sentencing discussion | |
| US v. Jones | April 11, 2008 |
| Appeal from the District of Maine | |
| Before: Lynch, Torruella, Stahl | |
| criminal, sentencing, fourth amendment | |
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| Blogged:Appellate Law & Practice CA1: hotel room bust okay | |
| Esso Standard Oil v. Mujica Cotto | April 10, 2008 |
| Appeal from the District of Puerto Rico | |
| Before: Torruella, Lipez, Baldock | |
| environment | |
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| Blogged:Appellate Law & Practice CA1: First finds an exception to Younger abstention for administrative proceedings involving Esso | |
| US v. Vilches-Navarrette | April 10, 2008 |
| Appeal from the District of Puerto Rico | |
| Before: Lynch, Howard, Torruella | |
| criminal, fourth amendment | |
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| Blogged:Appellate Law & Practice CA1: perhaps the MDLEA is constitutional | |
| Commonwealth of MA v. US Nuclear | April 8, 2008 |
| Before: Lynch, Torruella, Stahl | |
| environment | |
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| Blogged:Appellate Law & Practice CA1: State loses a round in pool fire fight with Nuclear Regulatory Commission, but more to come | |
| Lugo-Velazquez v. Stiefel Labs. | April 4, 2008 |
| Appeal from the District of Puerto Rico | |
| Before: Lynch, Torruella, Keenan | |
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| Blogged:Appellate Law & Practice Programming note | |
| US v. Politano | April 3, 2008 |
| Appeal from the District of Massachusetts | |
| Before: Lynch, Torruella | |
| criminal, sentencing | |
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| Blogged:Appellate Law & Practice CA1: First bends to affirm enhanced sentence because of unresolved conduct and non-noticed conduct | |
| Cuko v. Gonzales | March 31, 2008 |
| Review of Board of Immigration Appeals decision | |
| Before: Lynch, Torruella, Cyr | |
| immigration | |
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| US v. Brown | March 31, 2008 |
| Review of Board of Immigration Appeals decision | |
| Before: Lynch, Torruella, Cyr | |
| immigration | |
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| Blogged:Appellate Law & Practice CA1: Cyr dissents in Albanian asylum case | |
| Five Star Transporta v. NLRB | March 31, 2008 |
| Before: Lynch, Torruella, Cyr | |
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| Blogged:Appellate Law & Practice CA1: bus drivers protected by NLRA | |
| In Re: New Motor v. | March 28, 2008 |
| Appeal from the District of Maine | |
| Before: Lynch, Selya, Torruella | |
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| Blogged:Appellate Law & Practice CA1: class certification reversed for now | |
| Alberto San, Inc. v. Consejo de Titulares | March 28, 2008 |
| Appeal from the District of Puerto Rico | |
| Before: Lynch, Selya, Torruella | |
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| Blogged:Appellate Law & Practice CA1: 1983 state action failures are not a matter of subject matter jurisdiction | |
| US v. Soares | March 28, 2008 |
| Appeal from the District of Massachusetts | |
| Before: Torruella, Boudin, Stahl | |
| criminal, fifth amendment, fourth amendment | |
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| Blogged:Appellate Law & Practice CA1: what it takes to stop poor people | |
| US v. Colon-Diaz | March 26, 2008 |
| Appeal from the District of Puerto Rico | |
| Before: Howard, Torruella, Smith | |
| criminal | |
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| Blogged:Appellate Law & Practice Appellate Review coverage of Jencks Act split | |