United States Second Circuit - January 2005 Opinion Summaries

ROSS v. LANTZ

Criminal Law, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing

HALL v. EARTHLINK NETWORK, INC.

Communications Law, Contracts, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's Electronic Communications Privacy Act(ECPA) claim, alleging that defendant-ISP illegally intercepted his email, is affirmed...

PELMAN v. MCDONALD'S CORP.

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Health Law
Plaintiff's claim, alleging that defendant-fast food restaurant created the false impression that its food products were nutritionally beneficial, was...

MIDDLETON v. ATTORNEYS GENERAL OF NY AND PA

Criminal Law and Procedure, Habeas Corpus

ROSS v. LANTZ

Criminal Law, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing, Constitutional Law.

YERUSHALAYIM v. US DEP'T OF CORR.

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law

FLAGG v. YONKERS SAVINGS AND LOAN

Banking Law, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Federal law preempts the field of mortgage escrow accounts held by federal savings associations.

GAJDA v. MANHATTAN AND BRONX SURFACE TRANSIT

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff's suit under the Americans with Disabilities Act, alleging that defendant illegally required him to disclose the results of his HIV-related...

US v. ALCANTARA

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Since the public and press have a qualified First Amendment right of access to plea and sentencing proceedings, such proceedings cannot be closed...

MUNGO v. DUNCAN

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of plaintiff's habeas petition is affirmed where the state court's admission of hearsay statements made by the murder victim just before his...