So I was roaming through the wedding notices in the Style section of the Sunday New York Times last week, when who should I see getting married but Justice Silver’s son.  Congratulations!  T…

On Tuesday, the First Circuit issued U.S. v. Ortiz-Graulau, 06-1768:  http://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=06-1768.01A There, the Court affirms a conviction for exploitin…

Clarifying my entry from yesterday, Judge Lynch will be the first female Chief Judge for the First Circuit.  The first female Chief Judge of any U.S. Court of Appeals was Florence Allen, of…

As I mentioned in an earlier posting, next month Judge Lynch will become the first Chief Judge of a U.S. Court of Appeals.  The NLJ did a nice write-up: http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArtic…

3.  Trans-pec Truck Service, Inc. v. Caterillar, Inc. http://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=07-1476.01A The third decision of interest relates to procedural issues relating…

The second recent First Circuit decision of interest is Hannon v. Cook: http://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=07-2272.01A This goes to the issue of personal jurisdiction….

The First Circuit recently decided several cases with language of general interest.  Here’s one of them. 1.  Torres-Rivera v. O’Neill-Cancel, No. 07-1806 http://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/cgi-bi…

Yesterday the SJC reversed a District Court ruling that prohibition of personalized watercraft on great ponds violated substantive due process:    http://www.courts.state.me.us/court_info/o…

At long last, briefs need no longer be filed in wordperfect:  Download 1st_circuit_w1038072.PDF While the rule is ambiguous, my understanding is that it does not apply to the appendix -…