# Caselaw Test > AI-readable analysis of recent U.S. federal appellate opinions. Public-domain source material, original summaries. Not legal advice. Site: https://caselaw-logger.k-b-a-nilsson.workers.dev MCP endpoint: https://caselaw-logger.k-b-a-nilsson.workers.dev/mcp (JSON-RPC POST, tools: lookup_case, find_similar_cases) ## Cases - [District of Columbia v. R.W.](https://caselaw-logger.k-b-a-nilsson.workers.dev/scotus/district-of-columbia-v-rw/): 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](https://caselaw-logger.k-b-a-nilsson.workers.dev/ca1/taveras-martinez-v-blanche/): 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](https://caselaw-logger.k-b-a-nilsson.workers.dev/scotus/chevron-usa-inc-v-plaquemines-parish/): 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](https://caselaw-logger.k-b-a-nilsson.workers.dev/ca1/united-states-v-cartagena/): 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](https://caselaw-logger.k-b-a-nilsson.workers.dev/ca1/united-states-v-nieves-diaz/): 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](https://caselaw-logger.k-b-a-nilsson.workers.dev/ca1/garcia-navarro-v-universal-insurance-company/): 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](https://caselaw-logger.k-b-a-nilsson.workers.dev/ca1/united-states-v-calderin-pascual/): 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](https://caselaw-logger.k-b-a-nilsson.workers.dev/ca1/beckwith-v-frey/): 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](https://caselaw-logger.k-b-a-nilsson.workers.dev/ca1/wescott-v-stanfill/): 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](https://caselaw-logger.k-b-a-nilsson.workers.dev/ca1/villalobos-santana-v-pr-police-department/): 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](https://caselaw-logger.k-b-a-nilsson.workers.dev/ca1/united-states-v-ross/): 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](https://caselaw-logger.k-b-a-nilsson.workers.dev/ca1/state-of-washington-v-us-department-of-housing-and-urban-development/): 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](https://caselaw-logger.k-b-a-nilsson.workers.dev/ca1/united-states-v-ponzo/): 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](https://caselaw-logger.k-b-a-nilsson.workers.dev/ca1/ocasio-v-comision-estatal-de-elecciones/): 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](https://caselaw-logger.k-b-a-nilsson.workers.dev/scotus/chiles-v-salazar/): 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](https://caselaw-logger.k-b-a-nilsson.workers.dev/ca1/united-states-v-roache/): 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](https://caselaw-logger.k-b-a-nilsson.workers.dev/scotus/rico-v-united-states/): 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](https://caselaw-logger.k-b-a-nilsson.workers.dev/scotus/cox-communications-inc-v-sony-music-entertainment/): 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](https://caselaw-logger.k-b-a-nilsson.workers.dev/scotus/zorn-v-linton/): 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.