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United States Second Circuit - November 2007 Opinion Summaries

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In Re: Literary Works in Elec. Databases Copyright Litig.
United States Second Circuit
Class Actions, Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Media Law 
Order certifying a class of freelance authors and approving a settlement of their copyright infringement claims arising from the unauthorized...
11/29/2007 05-5943, 06-0223
Wang v. BIA
United States Second Circuit
Immigration Law 
Petition for reiview challenging denial of motion to reopen removal proceedings as untimely is denied as the BIA did not err in determining that...
11/29/2007 06-5554
Patane v. Clark
United States Second Circuit
Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law 
In Title VII discrimination suit alleging, dismissal of complaint is vacated where plaintiff has stated claims for hostile work environment and...
11/28/2007 06-3446
US v. Juwa
United States Second Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing 
Sentence based on conviction for possession of child pornography is vacated as the sentence was procedurally unreasonable since it is unclear to what...
11/28/2007 06-2716
Delgado v. Mukasey
United States Second Circuit
Immigration Law 
Petition for review challenging denial of application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture is granted...
11/28/2007 05-4393
Grullon v. Mukasey
United States Second Circuit
Civil Procedure, Immigration Law 
Petition for review challenging denial of cancellation of removal is dismissed as petitioner failed to appeal the IJ's order to the BIA and, thus his...
11/27/2007 05-4622
Tabbaa v. Chertoff
United States Second Circuit
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure 
In a case where five U.S. citizens and practicing Muslims with no criminal records were searched and detained at the U.S.-Canada border, upon...
11/26/2007 06-0119
Motorola Credit Corp. v. Uzan
United States Second Circuit
Banking Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law 
In case involving misrepresentations by Turkish family seeking financing for a Turkish telecommunications business to swindle plaintiffs of billions,...
11/21/2007 06-1222
Ucelo-Gomez v. Mukasey
United States Second Circuit
Immigration Law 
Petition for review challenging summary affirmance of IJ's denial of petitioners' applications for asylum and withholding of removal is denied where...
11/21/2007 04-4184, 04-4185
Amidon v. Student Ass'n of the State Univ. of N.Y. at Albany
United States Second Circuit
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law 
Defendant Student Association violated the First Amendment by using an advisory student referendum to determine how to allocate funds from a mandatory...
11/20/2007 05-6623, 05-6664, 06-0117

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