The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (in case citations, 1st Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:
MoreKAYATTA , Circuit Judge . The FDA maintains a publication called Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations , known in the industry as "the Orange Book." The Orange Book lists patents said by their owners to claim FDA-approved drugs. The listing of a patent in the Orange Book arms the patent-owning drug manufacturer with the ability to trigger an automatic, thirty-month suspension of the FDA's approval of a competitive product. The principal questions posed on this...
United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit No. 20-1753 COMMON CAUSE RHODE ISLAND; LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF RHODE ISLAND; MIRANDA OAKLEY; BARBARA MONAHAN; MARY BAKER, Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. NELLIE GORBEA, in her official capacity as Secretary of State of Rhode Island; DIANE C. MEDEROS, in her official capacities as member of the Rhode Island Board of Elections; JENNIFER L. JOHNSON, in her official capacities as member of the Rhode Island Board of Elections; ISADORE S. RAMOS, in his...
United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit No. 20-1305 ALEXIS TUBENS, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. JOHN DOE; WILLIAM B. EVANS, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the Boston Police Department; CITY OF BOSTON; KEVIN SULLIVAN, individually and in his official capacity as a police officer; DOMENIC COLUMBO, individually and in his official capacity as a police officer, Defendants, Appellees. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS [Hon. Leo T....
United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit No. 20-1173 THOMAS A. RUSSOMANO, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. NOVO NORDISK INC., Defendant/Third Party Plaintiff, Appellant, v. BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL, INC., Third Party Defendant, Appellee. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS [Hon. Allison D. Burroughs, U.S. District Judge] Before Torruella, Lynch, and Kayatta, Circuit Judges. S. Elaine McChesney, Bryan Killian, and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP on brief...
United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit No. 20-1161 AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS, INC., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. ALEX MICHAEL AZAR, II, in his official capacity as Secretary of Health and Human Services, ET AL., Defendants, Appellees. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS [Hon. Allison D. Burroughs, U.S. District Judge] Before Howard, Chief Judge, Selya and Thompson, Circuit Judges. Seth P. Waxman, with whom Bruce S. Manheim, Brian M. Boynton, Leon T....
United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit No. 20-1121 MARIA I. VILLENEUVE, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. AVON PRODUCTS, INC., Defendant, Appellee. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO [Hon. Daniel R. Dominguez, District Judge] Before Torruella, Kayatta and Barron, Circuit Judges. Juan Frontera-Suau, Frontera Suau Law Offices, PSC, and Kenneth Cólon for appellant. Elizabeth Perez-Lleras, Schuster Aguiló LLC, and Lourdes C. Hernández-Venegas, for...
United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit No. 19-9004 IN RE: OLD COLD, LLC, Debtor. MISSION PRODUCT HOLDINGS, INC., Appellant, v. SCHLEICHER & STEBBINS HOTELS, L.L.C.; OLD COLD, LLC, Appellees. APPEAL FROM THE BANKRUPTCY APPELLATE PANEL FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT Before Howard, Chief Judge, Selya and Kayatta, Circuit Judges. Robert J. Keach, with whom Lindsay Z. Milne, Letson B. Douglass, and Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, P.A. were on brief, for appellant. Christopher M. Candon, with...
