Skip to main content
· 4/6/2011

United States v. Pires

Citations

  • 642 F.3d 1
  • 85 Fed. R. Serv. 56
  • 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 7019
  • 2011 WL 1288256

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that the jury took a recording that included the accurate statement that the government had misquoted during its argument into the jury room
  • finding that departure from precedent is warranted “where the previous holding is contradicting by controlling authority, subsequently announced”
  • noting that “individual reactions to pain are subjective and not 2 easily determined by reference to objective measurements”
  • noting that the “likelihood of harm” from prosecutor’s misrepresentation of recording “was minuscule” because the recording “was introduced into evidence, and the jury took it into the jury room”
  • finding that a plaintiff fails allege a disability under the 14 ADA if he “has failed to allege that his condition[] substantially limited him in his 15 performance of a major life activity”
  • applying Lewis's holding to a § 2252(a)(2) charge where a video file was transmitted over the Internet

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Boudin, Souter, Selya

Read full opinion on CourtListener

Sourced from CourtListener / Free Law Project (CC0).

This is legal information, not legal advice. Laws vary by jurisdiction and change frequently. Always verify current law with official sources and consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction for advice on your specific situation.