United States Second Circuit - June 2013 Opinion Summaries

Phillips v. Generations Family Health Center

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Judgment dismissing plaintiff's medical malpractice claim as time-barred is vacated and remanded, where: 1) that the district court may have...

Doyle v. Midland Credit Management, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
Judgment dismissing action brought under the action under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act is affirmed, where: 1) the district court properly...

In re IndyMac Mortgage-Backed Securities Litigation

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
The district court's order partially denying motions to intervene by proposed intervenors is affirmed, where: 1) American Pipe & Construction Co. v....

US v. Cuti

Criminal Law & Procedure, Securities Law
Defendants' convictions for securities fraud are affirmed, where: 1) the district court did not abuse its discretion in admitting the lay witness...

US v. Tien

Criminal Law & Procedure
Judgments of conviction entered after defendant pleaded guilty to three counts of bribery of a public official and one count of forgery of a passport,...

Souratgar v. Lee

Family Law, International Law
The district court did not err in granting father's petition under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction for...

Stansbury v. Wertman

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In a 1983 action alleging false arrest and malicious prosecution, the district court's denial of defendant's motion for summary judgment is reversed...

Miles v. Principal Life Insurance Company

Insurance Law
Judgment dismissing plaintiff's complaint alleging he was entitled to long term disability benefits from defendant, is reversed and remanded, where...

ONY, Inc. v. Cornerstone Therapeutics, Inc.

Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
Judgment dismissing plaintiff's complaint alleging that defendants' article, and the distribution of selections from it, violates the Lanham Act and...

Padilla v. Maersk Line, Limited

Admiralty, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs, a class of seafarers discharged from service on defendant's ships due to illness or injury, is affirmed,...