• Taylor v. American Chemistry Council

    Publication Date: 2009-08-07
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2009-08-03
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Lipez, Circuit Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 07-2422

    Before Boudin, Lipez, and Howard, Circuit Judges.The surviving wife and sons of Claude Taylor ("Taylor") brought suit against various companies in the polyvinyl chloride ("PVC") industry and an ind

  • Soto-Lebr*n v. Federal Express Corp.

    Publication Date: 2008-08-25
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    Date Filed: 2008-08-20
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Lipez, Circuit Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: Nos. 06-2501 & 06-2519

    Before Lipez and Howard, Circuit Judges, and Smith,*fn1 District Judge.Plaintiffs Luis R. Soto-Lebr*n ("Soto") and his wife, Elizabeth Rosario Domenech ("Rosario")

  • United States v. Perazza-Mercado

    Publication Date: 2009-01-26
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    Date Filed: 2009-01-21
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Lipez, Circuit Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 07-1511

    Before Torruella, Lipez, and Howard, Circuit Judges.This case requires us to address the validity of two conditions of supervised release imposed on a defendant convicted of unlawful sexual contact

  • United States of America v. Carlens Rigaud

    Publication Date: 2012-07-09
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    Date Filed: 2012-06-29
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Lipez, Circuit Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 11-1260

    BeforeBoudin, Lipez, and Howard, Circuit Judges.After the government disclosed new information regarding its confidential informant ("CI") in 2010, appellant Carlens Rigaud moved to suppre

  • The Serpa Corp. v. McWane, Inc

    Publication Date: 1999-12-08
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    Date Filed: 1999-12-08
    Court: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
    Judge: Torruella, Lynch, and Lipez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mitchell A. Kramer
    for defendant: Margaret A. Lange and Lawrence G. Green

    Case Number: No. 99-1256

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion.TORRUELLA, Chief Judge. Plaintiff The Serpa Corporation brings this suit against defendant corporati

  • Rivera v. Centro MÉDico De Turabo, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-08-07
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    Date Filed: 2009-07-31
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Lipez, Circuit Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 07-2657

    Before Torruella, Lipez, and Howard, Circuit Judges.This case requires us to determine the enforceability of a forum selection clause embedded in informed consent documents presented to a patient b

  • In re Nosek

    Publication Date: 2008-10-13
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    Date Filed: 2008-10-03
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Lipez, Circuit Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: Nos. 07-2173 & 07-2174

    Before Lipez, Merritt,*fn1 and Howard, Circuit Judges.This case requires us to evaluate an award of compensatory and punitive damages by the Bankruptcy Court for t

  • IMS Health Inc. v. Ayotte

    Publication Date: 2008-11-24
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    Date Filed: 2008-11-18
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Selya, Circuit Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 07-1945

    Before Lipez, Selya, and Siler, *fn1 Circuit Judges.The spiraling cost of brand-name prescription drugs is a matter of great concern to government at every level.

  • Aronov v. Napolitano

    Publication Date: 2009-04-20
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    Date Filed: 2009-04-13
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Lynch, Chief Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 07-1588

    Before Lynch, Chief Judge, Torruella, Boudin, Lipez, and Howard, Circuit Judges.OPINIONEN BANCThis case concerns the standards for an award of attorneys' fees against an agency of the United

  • Sanchez v. Esso Standard Oil Co.

    Publication Date: 2009-06-29
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    Date Filed: 2009-06-19
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Lipez, Circuit Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 09-1211

    Before Lipez, Hansen, *fn1 and Howard, Circuit Judges.This interlocutory appeal requires us to assess the validity of a preliminary injunction order entered pursua