United States Second Circuit - September 2015 Opinion Summaries

Galper v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Consumer Protection Law
In an action alleging employees of defendant committed identity theft, the district court's granting of defendant's motion to dismiss on preemption...

US v. Levy

Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction for securities fraud offenses is affirmed where U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers' had reasonable suspicion of defendant's...

Expressions Hair Design v. Schneiderman

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law
In an action challenging New York General Business Law section 518, the state's ban on credit card surcharges by sellers, the district court's...

Cnty. Of Westchester v. U.S. Dep't of Hous. & Urban Development

Administrative Law
In an action challenging the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) administrative decision to withhold Community Planning and...

Harrison v. Republic of Sudan

Asset Forfeiture, International Law, Remedies
In an action brought under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) by plaintiffs, sailors and spouses of sailors injured in al Qaeda's attack on...

Segarra v. Federal Reserve Bank of N.Y.

Labor & Employment Law
In a whistleblower suit brought under 12 U.S.C. section 1831j(a)(2) by plaintiff against her former employer and three of its employees, the district...

Knife Rights v. Vance

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In an action contending that N.Y. Penal Law sections 265.00(5) and 254.01(1)'s ban on gravity knives is unconstitutionally vague and violates...

Holick v. Cellular Sales of New York

Class Actions, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a putative class action alleging defendants improperly classified plaintiffs as independent contractors and denied them compensation and benefits...

Greek v. Colvin

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
In an action challenging an administrative law judge's (ALJ) denial of plaintiff's application for Social Security disability benefits, the district...

In re September 11 Litigation

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies, Transportation
In a case concerning the tremendous property damage cause by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, brought by the lessees of 1, 2, 4, 5 and 7...