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United States Second Circuit - December 2007 Opinion Summaries

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Benesowitz v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.
United States Second Circuit
Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law 
Dismissal of plaintiff's claim for long-term disability benefits is vacated as New York Insurance Law section 3234(a)(2) allows insurers to toll... 		12/28/2007 05-6382
US v. Quinones
United States Second Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing 
In a capital case in which the jury voted not to impose the death penalty, convictions and sentences for substantive and conspiratorial counts of... 		12/28/2007 04-5554, 04-5650
US v. Griffin
United States Second Circuit
Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing 
Sentence based on guilty plea to possession of child pornography after unlawfully downloading such images to a computer using a peer-to-peer... 		12/21/2007 05-4016
Gilles v. Repicky
United States Second Circuit
Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law 
In a suit alleging violation of Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure, summary judgment for defendant is vacated... 		12/21/2007 06-1272
Piscottano v. Murphy
United States Second Circuit
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law 
In suit alleging that discipline of state correctional officers for association with the Outlaws Motorcycle Club violated their rights under the First... 		12/21/2007 05-3716
Manuel Puello v. BCIS
United States Second Circuit
Immigration Law 
Denial of petitioner's naturalization application by the BCIS is affirmed where: 1) Under the plain meaning of the definition of "conviction" in 8... 		12/20/2007 06-0735
Niang v. Mukasey
United States Second Circuit
Immigration Law 
Denial of application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture is vacated in part where the agency cannot... 		12/19/2007 05-0136
Haouari v. US
United States Second Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus 
Motion for order authorizing district court to consider a second or successive 28 U.S.C. section 2255 motion is denied as it is on an unsworn,... 		12/17/2007 07-3359
Reddington v. Staten Island Univ. Hosp.
United States Second Circuit
Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law 
In suit against employer for age discrimination, violation of whistleblower protection law, and breach of contract, dismissal of claims is affirmed in... 		12/14/2007 06-4152, 06-4179
US v. Guang
United States Second Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing 
Convictions of conspiracy to commit extortion and substantive counts of extortion are affirmed, however, because the district court lacked sufficient... 		12/13/2007 05-4724, 05-6171

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