Billed Charges May Establish Intended Loss Despite Contracted Insurance Rates: United States v. Kinrys Introduction In United States v. Kinrys, decided September 21, 2026, the First Circuit...
Third-Country Removals Require Effective Notice and a Meaningful Opportunity to Raise Fear-Based Claims (and APA Vacatur/Declaratory Relief Survive INA § 1252(f)(1)) Case: D.V.D. v. U.S. Department...
FIFRA Stop-Sale Orders: Unsubstantiated “Device” or “Treated Article” Exemption Claims Do Not Defeat EPA’s “Reason to Believe” Case: Berkey International, LLC v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
Criminal-Style Jury-Note Handling Applies in Civil Trials; Appellate Deference to Trial Management Absent Preserved Objections I. Introduction Savage v. City of Springfield (1st Cir. Sept. 16, 2026)...
United States v. Levasseur — “Special Danger of Firearm Misuse” Sustains § 922(g)(1) As-Applied Disarmament Despite Nonviolent Predicate Framing 1. Introduction In United States v. Levasseur (1st...
Wealth and NDAs Do Not Justify Closing Civil Trials or Proceeding Pseudonymously at Trial: Reaffirming the Presumption of Open Courts Case: Doe v. Smith (1st Cir. Sept. 15, 2026) | Court: U.S. Court...
Certification of Rhode Island UM/UIM Coverage for Employees Driving Personal Vehicles in the Scope of Employment Introduction Roberge v. Travelers Property Casualty Company of America (U.S. Court of...
No Implicit Seventh Amendment Jury Waiver from Participation in Rule 65(a)(2)-Style Proceedings Amid Court-Created Confusion 1. Introduction Case: Linardon v. Walsh, No. 25-1541 (1st Cir. Sept. 11,...
Constructive Possession in a Drug Stash House Triggers § 2D1.1(b)(1) and Bars the § 4C1.1 Zero-Point-Offender Reduction Case: United States v. Parsons (1st Cir. Sept. 11, 2026) | Court: U.S. Court of...
Rule 48(a) Dismissals With Prejudice Require a “Patent Threat of Unfairness” to the Defendant; Courts May Not Categorically Condition Removal on Prejudicial Dismissal Introduction United States v....
Elections Clause “Clear Authorization” Rule: USPS Cannot Regulate Federal Ballot-Mail Procedures Absent Specific Congressional Delegation Case: League of Women Voters of Massachusetts v. State of...
Elections Clause “Clear Authorization” Rule for USPS Ballot-Mail Regulations (and Post-Hippocratic Organizational Standing for Voter-Education Groups) Case: League of Women Voters of Massachusetts v....
Elections Clause Limits on USPS Ballot-Mail Rules Absent Clear Congressional Authorization (and Organizational Standing for Voting-Education Disruption) 1. Introduction This First Circuit emergency...
Elections Clause Limits on Executive-Agency “Ballot Mail” Rules Absent Clear Congressional Authorization 1. Introduction This First Circuit emergency order arises from consolidated challenges brought...
Handbook Royalty Policies as Implied Contracts: Retroactive Amendments Require Clear Authority and Present Jury Questions Case: Warren v. The Children's Hospital Corporation (1st Cir. Sept. 8, 2026)...
Requiring a Record-Based, Note 3(C) Five-Factor Mitigating-Role Determination Under U.S.S.G. § 3B1.2 (Post Guía-Sendeme and Guzmán-Ceballos) I. Introduction In United States v. Gonzalez (1st Cir....
Deferential Mixed-Question Review of “Exceptional and Extremely Unusual Hardship,” with No Appellate Jurisdiction over Underlying Hardship Facts Introduction In Espinoza Benitez v. Blanche (1st Cir....
Conceivable Privacy Rationale Sustains “No-X” Birth-Certificate Policy Under Rational Basis Review Introduction In de la Fuente Díaz v. Gonzalez Colon (1st Cir. Sept. 1, 2026), six nonbinary persons...
Bankruptcy Dispositive Orders Must Disclose the Applicable Standard and Reasoning: Vacatur Where Conversion and Grounds Are Unclear 1. Introduction In Instituto Medico del Norte, Inc. v. Greengift...
Davis § 924(c) General Verdicts Are Reviewed for Brecht Harmless Error (Not the Categorical Approach) and COAs Do Not Lie for Remedy-Choice Complaints Without a Constitutional Hook 1. Introduction...