United States Second Circuit - May 2011 Opinion Summaries

Watson v. Holder

Administrative Law, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of an order of the BIA affirming a determination that the petitioner was not legitimated pursuant to 8 U.S.C. section...

Hart v. Family Dental Group, PC

Labor & Employment Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure, Military Law
In a dispute involving the scope of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, 38 U.S.C. section 4301 et seq., judgment as a...

Accenture LLP v. Spreng

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a dispute involving the scope of the Federal Arbitration Act (Act), 9 U.S.C. 39 section 16(b)(4), and arising from an asset purchase agreement,...

In re Attorney Disciplinary Appeal

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Ethics & Disciplinary Code
In an appeal arising from a decision by the court’s committee on grievances declining to take disciplinary action against appellant’s former attorney,...

Freire v. Holder

Immigration Law, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a petition for review of a judgment of the BIA denying petitioner's request for a continuance while petitioner, a native and citizen of Brazil,...

United States v. Figueroa

Sentencing, Evidence, Criminal Law & Procedure
Sentencing of defendant on multiple charges of possession with intent to distribute a mixture of 3, 4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) is vacated...

Scott v. City of New York

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute involving the scope of the Carey rule as applied to the award of attorney’s fees and arising from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s fee...

Nokia Corporation v. InterDigital, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure
In a dispute arising from an action for patent infringement, judgment of the district court denying defendants' motion to recover against a...

Smith v. Silverman

Asset Forfeiture, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
In a dispute arising from a bankruptcy proceeding, judgment of the district court denying motion to reopen, for the purpose of pursuing an adversary...

Newspaper Guild v. Hearst

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts
In a dispute involving the application of an arbitration provision contained in an expired collective-bargaining agreement, summary judgment in favor...