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 United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (in case citations, 1st Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:


District of Maine
District of Massachusetts
District of New Hampshire
District of Puerto Rico
District of Rhode Island


The court is based at the John Joseph Moakley Federal Courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts. Most sittings are held in Boston, where the court usually sits for one week most months of the year; in one of July or August, it takes a summer break and does not sit. The First Circuit also sits for one week each March and November at the Jose V. Toledo Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, and occasionally sits at other locations within the circuit.


With six active judges and three active senior judges, the First Circuit is the smallest of the thirteen United States courts of appeals. Since retiring as an active Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Associate Justice David Souter regularly sits on the First Circuit by designation.

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Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that they may have to drop extortion charges against two city officials accused of strong-arming organizers of a Boston music festival if a judge does not reconsider his planned instructions to the jury, the latest twist in a public corruption case that has dogged the Walsh ...
He became a professor at Harvard Law School before being recruited back to Washington in 2009 to work in the Obama administration as acting assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel. Barron returned to Harvard until his appointment as a judge in the First Circuit Court of Appeals in 2014 ...

He summed up the city's defense for continued use of the hair test as, “They have been using it for so long, and they are going to stick with it.” The city of Boston has spent at least $1.6 million to defend against the officers' case and the lawsuit has gone before the 1st Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals twice over ...
While the Muro Court's decision represents novel California State precedent, the United States Supreme Court may soon end the debate nationwide, having recently granted review of a decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira), interpreting the scope of ...
Gov. David Ige announced the appointments of Lisa Ginoza as chief judge of the Intermediate Court of Appeals and James Ashford to the Circuit Court of the First Circuit. The governor made the selections from a list of nominees submitted to him by the Judicial Selection Commission. Gov. Ige selected ...

In 13 years of legal wrangling, the officers' case has gone up to the 1st Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals twice and has cost the city at least $1.6 million to defend. — (AP). The appeals court, which revived the case in 2016, said a “reasonable” judge or jury could find that the department refused to adopt an ...
In 13 years of legal wrangling, the officers' case has gone up to the 1st Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals twice and has cost the city at least $1.6 million to defend. The appeals court, which revived the case in 2016, said a "reasonable" judge or jury could find that the department refused to adopt an alternative ...

The First Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling last May saying Oliveira did have the right to bring his case to court for resolution, which Prime appealed to the Supreme Court. The high court on Feb. 26 granted the carrier's petition to hear the case. The questions before the Supreme Court will not center ...
This week, the First Circuit Court of Appeals will hold oral arguments to decide whether the 70,000 Louisianans who are currently on probation or parole have the right to vote under our state constitution. As professors of constitutional law, we urge the court to uphold this fundamental right and allow every ...
The First Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling last May saying Oliveira did have the right to bring his case to court for resolution, which Prime appealed to the Supreme Court. The high court on Feb. 26 granted the carrier's petition to hear the case. The questions before the Supreme Court will not center ...
In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit reversed its Bankruptcy Appellate Panel's adoption of the Sunbeam rule, and held that a trademark licensee of a debtor-licensor is not entitled to continuing performance, after the debtor-licensor rejected the underlying contract. In its decision ...


 

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