United States Second Circuit - June 2010 Opinion Summaries

Torraco v. Port Auth.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a challenge to the actions taken by defendant-police officers when plaintiffs attempted to transport unloaded firearms in checked baggage through...

Macey v. Carolina Cas. Ins. Co.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance
In an action against an insurance policy for coverage of an underlying suit against corporate directors for breach of fiduciary duty, summary judgment...

US v. Whitten

Sentencing, Evidence, Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's murder and racketeering convictions are affirmed where: 1) the evidence was sufficient to support a jury finding that he had acted with...

US v. Malki

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for improper use of national defense information is vacated where section 2M3.3 of the Sentencing Guidelines, rather than section...

Romano v. Kazacos

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In an action alleging that employees of Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. misrepresented that if plaintiffs were to retire early, their investment savings...

US v. Ramirez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendants' drug conspiracy convictions and sentences are affirmed where 1) the district court improperly relied on "acquitted conduct" to establish...

New York v. Atl. States Marine Fisheries Comm'n

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure
In an action under section 702 of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) challenging the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's (ASMFC) final...

Carpenter v. Repub. of Chile

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In an action claiming that plaintiff was subject to abuse by the courts of Chile in a criminal case that was initiated in Santiago, Chile over ten...

Scheffer v. Civ. Serv. Employees' Ass'n

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by public-sector employees who, as nonmembers of the union that represented them for collective-bargaining purposes, challenged...