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  • Morelli v. Webster

    Publication Date: 2009-01-12
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    Date Filed: 2009-01-07
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Selya, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 08-1759

    Before Boudin, Selya, and Stahl, Circuit Judges.In this case, a prostitution sting backfired, spawning a series of events that culminated in a civil suit. That suit, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. &

  • Muskat v. United States

    Publication Date: 2009-02-03
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    Date Filed: 2009-01-29
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Selya, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 08-1513

    Before Lynch, Chief Judge, Selya and Boudin, Circuit Judges.This case turns on the appropriate tax treatment of a contractual payment initially reported as ordinary income but later recharacterized

  • Comfort v. Lynn School Committee

    Publication Date: 2009-03-16
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    Date Filed: 2009-03-12
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Selya, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 08-1735

    Before Torruella, Selya and Lipez, Circuit Judges.We are called upon today to revisit a case that we thought had gone to its eternal rest. The tale follows.Nearly six years ago the district cour

  • Zimmerman v. Direct Federal Credit Union

    Publication Date: 2001-09-05
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    Date Filed: 2001-09-04
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Selya, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 01-1007

    APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS [Hon. Robert B. Collings, U.S. Magistrate Judge]This appeal is the aftermath of a jury verdict that awarded plaintiff-

  • Perez v. Volvo Car Corp.

    Publication Date: 2001-05-07
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    Date Filed: 2001-05-02
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Selya, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 00-1867

    APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO [Hon. Jos� Antonio Fust�, U.S. District Judge]In this case, purchasers of certain Volvo automobiles claim that they were

  • Arthur Ray Wilson v. Moulison North Corporation

    Publication Date: 2011-03-27
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    Date Filed: 2011-03-21
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Selya, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 10-1387

    Before Boudin, Circuit Judge, Souter,*fn1 Associate Justice, and Selya, Circuit Judge.This appeal has its genesis in the plaintiff's complaint that co-workers crea

  • Janosky v. St. Amand

    Publication Date: 2010-02-08
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    Date Filed: 2010-02-03
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Selya, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 09-1012

    Before Lynch, Chief Judge, Selya and Stahl, Circuit Judges.This case arises out of an armed robbery gone awry. In his appeal, petitioner-appellant Sean Janosky, a state prisoner, challenges the dis