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Boston, Massachusetts

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Federal courts in Boston

First Circuit Court of AppealsCourt of Appeals
Massachusetts District CourtDistrict Court
First Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate PanelBankruptcy Court
Massachusetts Bankruptcy CourtBankruptcy Court

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Landmark decisions involving Boston

McConnell v. Federal Election Commission (2003)540 U.S. 93overruled
Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)539 U.S. 306
Stenberg v. Carhart (2000)530 U.S. 914
Washington v. Glucksberg (1997)521 U.S. 702
Romer v. Evans (1996)517 U.S. 620
United States v. Lopez (1995)514 U.S. 549
Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council (1992)505 U.S. 1003
R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul (1992)505 U.S. 377
Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce (1990)494 U.S. 652overruled
Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. FCC (1990)497 U.S. 547overruled
Texas v. Johnson (1989)491 U.S. 397
United States v. Salvucci (1980)448 U.S. 83
Addington v. Texas (1979)441 U.S. 418
Complete Auto Transit, Inc. v. Brady (1977)430 U.S. 274
United States v. Reliable Transfer Co. (1975)421 U.S. 397
Eisenstadt v. Baird (1972)405 U.S. 438
Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois Foundation (1971)402 U.S. 313
Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc. (1970)398 U.S. 375
Katz v. United States (1967)389 U.S. 347
South Carolina v. Katzenbach (1966)383 U.S. 301
Hoyt v. Florida (1961)368 U.S. 57overruled
Reid v. Covert (1957)354 U.S. 1
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1952)343 U.S. 579
United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Ass'n (1944)322 U.S. 533

Most-cited decisions from Boston courts

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895 F2D 1United States v. Zannino (1990)
950 F2D 816Mesnick v. General Electric Co. (1991)
523 F2D 461Robert C. Hahn v. Francis W. Sargent (1975)
581 F2D 275Larry Nadeau v. Raymond A. Helgemoe, Warden, New Hampshire State Prison (1978)
536 F2D 950Cramer v. Mammoth Mart, Inc. (1976)
895 F2D 46Garside v. Osco Drug, Inc. (1990)
662 F2D 899National Labor Relations Board v. Wright Line, a Division of Wright Line, Inc. (1981)
647 F2D 218Rodriguez v. Secretary of Health & Human Services (1981)
600 F2D 1003Loeb v. Textron, Inc. (1979)
616 F2D 603Park Motor Mart, Inc. v. Ford Motor Co. (1980)
792 F2D 4United States v. Valencia-Copete (1986)
903 F2D 49Correa-Martinez v. Arrillaga-Belendez (1990)

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Recent opinions from Boston courts

935 F3D 9Parker v. Landry (2019)
935 F3D 1Conille v. Council 93, Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty & Mun. Emp. (2019)
934 F3D 47Ramírez-Pérez v. Barr (2019)
934 F3D 35Dumont v. Reily Foods Co. (2019)
934 F3D 1Breda v. Clellco P'ship (2019)
934 F3D 13Parent/Professional Advocacy League v. City of Springfield (2019)
933 F3D 76United States v. Nygren (2019)
933 F3D 6United States v. Rueda (2019)
933 F3D 56Haidak v. Univ. of Mass-Amherst (2019)
933 F3D 33United States v. Rivera-Carrasquillo (2019)
933 F3D 20United States v. Laureano-Salgado (2019)
933 F3D 1United States v. Abreu-García (2019)

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Adams · 16,691
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Milton · 5,510
Norfolk · 5,488
Webster · 5,238

Opinions mentioning Boston

99 F3D 476United States v. Morris
99 F3D 469Koonce v. Pepe
99 F3D 456Lattimore v. Polaroid Corp.
99 F3D 449Ferrara v. A. & V. Fishing, Inc.
99 F3D 244Illinois High School Ass'n v. GTE Vantage Inc.
99 F3D 194Samantha Sistrunk v. City of Strongsville and Bush-Quayle '92 Committee, Inc.
98 F3D 686United States v. Sullivan
98 F3D 590Wilson v. Glenwood Intermountain Properties, Inc.
98 F3D 343St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Missouri United School Insurance Council
97 F3D 603Morehead v. Atkinson-Kiewit, J/V
97 F3D 247Pagosa Lakes Property Owners' Ass'n v. Fairfield Pagosa, Inc.
97 F3D 1504CMM Cable Rep, Inc. v. Ocean Coast Properties, Inc.
96 F3D 849BellSouth Corp. v. Federal Communications Commission
96 F3D 532Fleet National Bank v. H&D Entertainment, Inc.
96 F3D 502Hachikian v. Federal Deposit Insurance
96 F3D 10Borschow Hospital & Medical Supplies, Inc. v. Cesar Castillo Inc.
95 F3D 86Ayala-Gerena v. Bristol Myers-Squibb Co.
95 F3D 62Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
95 F3D 1335United States v. McGhee
94 F3D 721Schultz v. Rhode Island Hospital Trust National Bank, N.A.
94 F3D 640Dodi v. The Putnam Companies
94 F3D 26Ferragamo v. Chubb Life Insurance Co. of America
94 F3D 1553Kearns v. General Motors Corp.
93 F3D 987Gross v. Summa Four, Inc.
93 F3D 890Massachusetts v. United States Department of Transportation
93 F3D 407Pitcher v. Principal Mutual Life Insurance
93 F3D 103Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission v. O'Leary
93 F3D 10United States v. Tavares
92 F3D 506Kamilewicz v. Bank of Boston Corp.
92 F3D 366Super Van Inc. v. City of San Antonio
92 F3D 1209United States v. Dewalt
91 F3D 278Dryden Oil Company of New England, Inc. v. Travelers Indemnity Co.
91 F3D 274United States v. Hensley
91 F3D 1547Taxman v. Board of Education of the Township of Piscataway
91 F3D 129Cranfill v. Winston-Salem Housing Authority
90 F3D 592United States v. Wester
90 F3D 7United States v. Kayne
90 F3D 238Ehredt Underground, Inc. v. Commonwealth Edison Co.
9 F3D 988United States v. Paleo
9 F3D 88Alameda Water & Sanitation District v. Browner
9 F3D 206United States v. Vavlitis
9 F3D 198United States v. Skrodzki
9 F3D 191Deary v. City of Gloucester
9 F3D 1113Mississippi Poultry Ass'n v. Madigan
89 F3D 932MacGlashing v. Dunlop Equipment Co.
89 F3D 824United States v. Tavares
89 F3D 5Star Financial Services, Inc. v. AASTAR Mortgage Corp.
89 F3D 1Protective Life Insurance v. Sullivan
88 F3D 952Whitaker v. Frito-Lay, Inc.
88 F3D 21United States v. Procopio