Administrative Law

Bureau of Prisons Statutory Mandate Permits Creation of Categorical Rules to Guide Prison Placement Discretion—Muniz v. Sabol, 517 F.3d 29 (1st Cir. 2008), cert.
denied, 129 S. Ct. 115 (2008)

Civil Procedure

Complaint Amending Jurisdictional Basis Given Effect When Filed as a Matter of Right—ConnectU L.L.C. v. Zuckerberg, 522 F.3d 82 (1st Cir. 2008)

Civil Rights

First Circuit Incorrectly Adopts Arbitrary or Capricious Standard for Reviewing Airliner’s Decision to Remove Passengers—Cerqueira v. American Airlines, Inc., 520
F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2008), cert. denied, 129 S. Ct. 111 (2008)

Constitutional Law

First Circuit Rules Constructive Amendment of Indictment Not a Structural Error—United States v. Brandao, 539 F.3d 44 (1st Cir. 2008)

“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”: Acceptable in an Accepting Society?—Cook v. Gates, 528 F.3d 42 (1st Cir. 2008)

School’s Use of Books Depicting Same- Sex Couples Does Not Violate Parents’ Constitutional Rights— Parker v. Hurley, 514 F.3d 87 (1st Cir. 2008), cert. denied, 129 S. Ct. 56 (2008)

First Circuit Conducts Independent, Not Clear-Error, Review in Free Speech Case Involving City Ordinances—Sullivan v. City of Augusta, 511 F.3d 16 (1st Cir. 2007), cert. denied, 129 S. Ct. 112 (2008)

Criminal Law

Expert Testimony Not Required to Distinguish Pornographic Images of Real Children from Virtual Children– United States v. Wilder, 526 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2008), cert.denied, 129 S. Ct. 626 (2008)

First Circuit Denies Double-Intent Requirement for Internet Enticement of Minors—United States v. Dwinells, 508 F.3d 63 (1st Cir. 2007), cert. denied, 128 S.Ct.
2961 (2008)

Criminal Procedure

In-Custody Requirement of Relief Under the Writ of Error Coram Nobis—Trenkler v. United States, 536 F.3d 85 (1st Cir. 2008)

Immigration Law

First Circuit’s Deferential Standard for Reviewing Adverse Credibility Determinations in Asylum Cases Remains Unchanged—Cuko v. Mukasey, 522 F.3d 32
(1st Cir. 2008)

Enforcing Administrative Exhaustion Requirements for Pattern-and-Practice Claims Concerning Due Process Violations During Immigration Raids—Aguilar v. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 510 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2007) (no pet. for cert.)

Intellectual Property Law

Frustrating the Purpose of the Copyright Clause: First Circuit Restrictively Interprets Copyright Registration Requirements—Torres-Negrón v. J & N Records,
L.L.C., 504 F.3d 151 (1st Cir. 2007)

Labor and Employment Law

Scope of Faragher-Ellerth Affirmative Defense to Vicarious Liability Not Defined by
Employer’s Own Sexual-Harassment Policy—Chaloult v. Interstate Brands Corp., 540 F.3d 64 (1st Cir. 2008)

Distinction Between Damages and Benefits Allowed for Past Employees Under ERISA Claim for Fiduciary Breaches—Evans v. Akers, 534 F.3d 65 (1st Cir. 2008)

Military Law

Army Denies Conscientious-Objector Status Without Basis in Fact—Hanna v. Secretary of the Army, 513 F.3d 4 (1st Cir. 2008)