United States Second Circuit - July 2014 Opinion Summaries

Beardslee v. Inflection Energy, LLC

Contracts, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action involving a dispute over the parties' oil and gas leases in which the district court granted summary judgment in favor plaintiff...

Cayuga Indian Nation of New York v. Seneca County

Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
The district court's order preliminarily enjoining defendant-county from foreclosing upon certain parcels of the plaintiff Indian Nation's real...

Vaughn Leroy Meyer v. JinkoSolar Holding Co.

Securities Law
Dismissal of a complaint alleging violations of the federal securities laws is vacated and remanded, where defendant's failure to disclose ongoing...

Wurtz v. Rawlings Co.

Class Actions, ERISA, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Dismissal of an action to enjoin defendant-insurers from obtaining reimbursement of medical benefits from plaintiffs' tort settlements is vacated and...

Mirabilio v. Regional School District 16

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's claim that she was entitled to notice and a hearing prior to defendant-school district reduction of her teaching position to...

Stampf v. Trigg

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
The district court's denial of defendant's post-trial motions following judgment awarding plaintiff damages on her claim of malicious prosecution, is:...

Merck Eprova AG v. Gnosis S.p.A.

Attorney's Fees, Drugs & Biotech, False Advertising, Remedies
Judgment in favor of plaintiff on its Lanham Act false advertising and contributory false advertising claims is affirmed, where: 1) when, as here, the...

American Atheists, Inc. v. Port Authority of N.Y. & N.J.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendants in an action challenging the display in the National September 11 Museum of an artifact denominated as "The...

Reyes v. New York City Department of Education

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Education Law
Judgment upholding a New York State Review Officer's final administrative decision overturning an Impartial Hearing Officer's award of tuition...

Kirkland v. Cablevision Systems

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant-employer on plaintiff's Title VII discrimination claims is vacated and remanded, where plaintiff proffered...