United States Second Circuit - November 2009 Opinion Summaries

US v. Rodriguez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Immigration Law, International Law
Defendants' alien transportation conviction is affirmed where: 1) the strength of the evidence rendered harmless any error that might have occurred...

Michtavi v. N.Y. Daily News

Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
In an action for libel and intentional infliction of emotional distress based on news reports stating that plaintiff, a criminal defendant, was to...

SEC v. DiBella

Administrative Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Securities Law
In an action by the SEC seeking civil penalties for securities fraud, judgment for plaintiff is affirmed where: 1) the district court did not abuse...

SEC v. DiBella

Administrative Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Securities Law
In an action by the SEC seeking civil penalties for securities fraud, judgment for plaintiff is affirmed where: 1) the district court did not abuse...

O'Rourke v. US

Bankruptcy Law, Evidence, Tax Law
In an appeal from a bankruptcy court's order denying debtors' objection to a claim by the IRS, the order is affirmed where: 1) the bankruptcy court's...

Davis v. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

Administrative Law, Banking Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action challenging a bank's categorization of underwriters as administrative employees exempt from the Fair Labor Standard Act's overtime pay...

United Airlines, Inc. v. Brien

Administrative Law, Government Law, Immigration Law, Transportation
In a consolidated appeal from three district court orders in actions by international airline companies challenging the INS's imposition of fines...

EEOC v. United Parcel Serv., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In the EEOC's appeal from a denial of its petition to enforce an administrative subpoena issued to UPS seeking information about how religious...

Perez v. Westchester Cty. Dep't of Corr.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights
In appeals from an attorney's fees award in Muslim inmates' civil rights suit arising from defendants' refusal to provide them Halal meat, the fees...

International Action Ctr. v. New York

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a First Amendment challenge to a New York City regulation banning new parades on Fifth Avenue, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1)...