Browse First Circuit's 2026 caseload. 25 opinions with AI-powered summaries, key holdings, and legal analysis.
First Circuit Upholds Warrantless Search Based on Informant Tip and Controlled Buy
Lopez Martinez v. Blanche, decided by First Circuit on April 23, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The First Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a motion to suppress evidence seiz...
First Circuit Affirms Denial of Motion to Suppress Evidence in Vehicle Search
United States v. Giang, decided by First Circuit on April 22, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The First Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a motion to suppress evidence seized ...
FEMA Disaster Relief Denial Upheld by First Circuit
Vernaliz Perez v. FEMA, decided by First Circuit on April 22, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The First Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a lawsuit challenging FEMA's denia...
Probable Cause and Consent Justify Vehicle Search
Taveras Martinez v. Blanche, decided by First Circuit on April 17, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The First Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a motion to suppress evidence se...
First Circuit Upholds Warrantless Vehicle Search Based on Probable Cause
United States v. Cartagena, decided by First Circuit on April 15, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The First Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of the defendant's motion to suppres...
Consent to search upheld despite language barrier
United States v. Nieves-Diaz, decided by First Circuit on April 14, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The First Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of the defendant's motion to suppr...
Water damage exclusion in insurance policy upheld
Garcia-Navarro v. Universal Insurance Company, decided by First Circuit on April 10, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The core dispute centered on whether Universal Insurance Company's denia...
First Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment for Gym in ADA Discrimination Case
Beckwith v. Frey, decided by First Circuit on April 3, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The First Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to the defendants in a case ...
First Circuit Upholds Drug Trafficking Conviction Amid Evidentiary Challenges
United States v. Calderin-Pascual, decided by First Circuit on April 3, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The First Circuit affirmed the defendant's conviction for drug trafficking and illega...
First Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment for Campbell's in ADA Case
Powell v. The Campbell's Company, decided by First Circuit on March 4, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The First Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to Campbell'...
First Circuit Affirms Dismissal of City's False Claims Act Suit Against PBM
The City of Boston v. OptumRx, Inc., decided by First Circuit on March 2, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The First Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a lawsuit brought by t...
First Circuit Upholds Warrantless Vehicle Search Based on Probable Cause
United States v. Munoz-Fontanez, decided by First Circuit on February 27, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The First Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a motion to suppress evid...
First Circuit Upholds Warrantless Vehicle Search Based on Probable Cause
United States v. Shea, decided by First Circuit on February 23, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The First Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of the defendant's motion to suppress ...
First Circuit Upholds Warrantless Vehicle Search Based on Probable Cause
United States v. McBreairty, decided by First Circuit on February 20, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The First Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of the defendant's motion to sup...
First Circuit: Consent to Search Electronic Devices Was Voluntary
United States v. Yoon, decided by First Circuit on February 20, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The First Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a motion to suppress evidence obtai...
First Circuit Upholds SEC Subpoena Enforcement
SEC v. Veldhuis, decided by First Circuit on February 19, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The First Circuit affirmed the district court's decision, holding that the SEC's administrative sub...
First Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Discrimination Claims
Cante Mijangos v. Bondi, decided by First Circuit on February 18, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The First Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a former employee's discrimina...
Prison officials' actions did not show deliberate indifference to inmate's access to courts
Khanal v. Bondi, decided by First Circuit on February 18, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, a former inmate, sued the former Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections,...
First Circuit: Consent to cell phone search was voluntary, not coerced
United States v. Rowell, decided by First Circuit on February 18, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The First Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of the defendant's motion to suppres...
First Circuit Affirms State's Eminent Domain Powers
Soscia Holdings, LLC v. State of Rhode Island, decided by First Circuit on February 13, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The First Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a lawsui...
First Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment in Product Liability Case
Alicea v. Cincinnati Incorporated, decided by First Circuit on February 6, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The First Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to the d...
Speech Not Public Concern, First Circuit Rules in Retaliation Case
Hebert v. Donahue, decided by First Circuit on February 5, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The First Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to the defendant, a form...
Online gun marketplace shielded from liability for user's criminal act
Stokinger v. Armslist, LLC, decided by First Circuit on February 5, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, Stokinger, sued Armslist, LLC, alleging that the website facilitated the s...
Malpractice claim against patent counsel dismissed for failure to prove causation
BlueRadios, Inc. v. Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C., decided by First Circuit on February 2, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The core dispute centered on whether Hamilton, Brook, Sm...
Excessive Force Claim Fails Without Concrete Evidence
Gonzalez Tomasini v. Steiner, decided by First Circuit on February 2, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The First Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to the defend...
CaseLawBrief tracks 25 opinions from First Circuit in 2026. This includes published and unpublished decisions.
The most common legal topics were: Fourth Amendment Search And Seizure (10 cases), Voluntariness Of Consent To Search (4 cases), Automobile Exception To The Warrant Requirement (4 cases), Confidential Informant Tips (3 cases), Probable Cause (3 cases).
Outcomes: Defendant Win: 25.