Jun 3, 2006 | Lead Articles, Number 4, Print Edition, Volume 39
First Circuit Review 2006 Imagine that you are an experienced labor and employment attorney in Boston, Massachusetts and the “Erin Brockovich” of employment law walks right through your door. For the past twenty years, she has worked for Mega–Corp as the Director of...
Jun 3, 2006 | Lead Articles, Number 4, Print Edition, Volume 39
First Circuit Review 2006 This survey of First Circuit opinions covers the period from October 1, 2004 to September 30, 2005. The survey describes and analyzes major published civil opinions. Specifically, the survey covers the First Circuit’s major opinions in...
May 17, 2006 | Case Comments, Number 4, Print Edition, Volume 39
First Circuit Review 2006 The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction equal protection of the laws. The Supreme Court has struck down inflexible...
May 17, 2006 | Case Comments, Number 4, Print Edition, Volume 39
First Circuit Review 2006 The Armed Career Criminals Act (ACCA) mandates a fifteen-year minimum prison sentence for persons possessing a firearm with three previous violent felony convictions. In Taylor v. United States, the Supreme Court prescribed an outer limit on...
May 17, 2006 | Case Comments, Number 4, Print Edition, Volume 39
First Circuit Review 2006 42 U.S.C. § 1983 imposes civil liability on municipalities when a policy, or the execution of a policy, is found to be unconstitutional. The United States Supreme Court has developed a stringent set of guidelines for determining municipality...