Caselaw Test

AI-readable analysis of 19 federal opinions. Not legal advice. llms.txt · MCP endpoint · sitemap

• District of Columbia v. R.W. Supreme Court of the United States · 2026-04-20
  SCOTUS summarily reverses a Fourth Amendment ruling, reaffirming that reasonable-suspicion review must consider the totality of the circumstances — not isolate or excise individual facts.
• Taveras Martinez v. Blanche U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2026-04-17
  First Circuit reverses BIA for impermissible factfinding: the Board inferred the petitioner's intent from the record when the Immigration Judge never made that finding.
• Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish Supreme Court of the United States · 2026-04-17
  SCOTUS reads the federal officer removal statute's 'relating to' language broadly, letting Chevron move WWII-era state environmental suits into federal court.
• United States v. Cartagena U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2026-04-15
  First Circuit vacates one of four convictions of a Puerto Rico police officer after finding a Confrontation Clause violation — Crawford applies to an expert's reliance on an unavailable victim's testimonial statement.
• United States v. Nieves-Diaz U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2026-04-14
  First Circuit vacates a 25-month upward variance — district court failed to explain why possessing 149 rounds of ammunition without a firearm justified the variance given defendant's argument it was not dangerous.
• Garcia-Navarro v. Universal Insurance Company U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2026-04-10
  First Circuit affirms judgment for the insurer under Puerto Rico's 'intricate part doctrine,' holding that the plaintiff forfeited her retroactivity argument by not raising it below.
• United States v. Calderin-Pascual U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2026-04-03
  First Circuit says the district court must explain (or reconsider) why it denied a pro se third-party forfeiture claimant leave to amend his petition.
• Beckwith v. Frey U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2026-04-03
  First Circuit vacates a preliminary injunction against Maine's 72-hour firearm-delivery waiting period, holding the law likely survives at Bruen step one as a 'condition on the commercial sale of arms.'
• Wescott v. Stanfill U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2026-04-02
  First Circuit rejects a compelled-speech challenge to Maine's IOLTA program, holding the plaintiffs failed to plausibly allege that they were required to place funds in an interest-earning IOLTA account rather than a separate client trust account.
• Villalobos-Santana v. PR Police Department U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2026-04-02
  First Circuit holds that post-petition Title VII retaliation claims against Puerto Rico Police Department qualify as 'administrative expenses' under PROMESA and are discharged when not timely filed — Judge Thompson concurs dubitante to flag the resulting loss of jury-trial rights.
• United States v. Ross U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2026-04-02
  First Circuit affirms a child-pornography possession conviction: a stipulation that files are CSAM does not strip the prosecution of the right to show a representative sample or to have a forensic agent describe them when the defendant denies knowing possession.
• State of Washington v. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2026-04-01
  First Circuit denies HUD's emergency stay, leaving in place preliminary injunctions blocking HUD's November 2025 overhaul of the Continuum of Care homelessness program — finding HUD failed Nken's 'strong showing' standard and the equities favored continued relief for states, cities, and service providers.
• United States v. Ponzo U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2026-04-01
  First Circuit affirms 27-month sentences and large forfeiture orders in a Mass Save bribery case against two brothers who used bribes and a shell-subcontractor to extract millions from a state energy program.
• Ocasio v. Comision Estatal de Elecciones U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2026-04-01
  First Circuit holds a post-PROMESA-petition § 1988 attorneys'-fee claim against Puerto Rico is discharged by the Confirmed Plan where the claimant had actual knowledge of the Title III case but missed the administrative-expense bar date.
• Chiles v. Salazar Supreme Court of the United States · 2026-03-31
  SCOTUS holds Colorado's ban on 'conversion therapy' violates the First Amendment as applied to pure talk therapy, applying strict scrutiny to viewpoint-based professional-speech regulation.
• United States v. Roache U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2026-03-30
  First Circuit affirms a firearms-trafficking sentencing enhancement based on a co-conspirator's uncorroborated interview statement, applying the deferential reliability standard for disputed facts at sentencing.
• Rico v. United States Supreme Court of the United States · 2026-03-25
  SCOTUS holds that absconding from supervised release does not automatically extend (or 'toll') the term — sentencing courts may punish abscondment, but only within limits Congress set.
• Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment Supreme Court of the United States · 2026-03-25
  SCOTUS kills the 'know-and-continue' theory of ISP copyright liability: Cox is not contributorily liable for its subscribers' infringement just because it kept serving subscribers named in infringement notices.
• Zorn v. Linton Supreme Court of the United States · 2026-03-23
  SCOTUS summarily restores qualified immunity for a Vermont officer who used a wristlock on a sit-in protester, tightening the 'clearly established' standard in excessive-force cases.