United States Second Circuit - November 2016 Opinion Summaries

Constellation Brands, U.S. Operations, Inc. v. NLRB

Labor & Employment Law, Administrative Law
In a labor dispute involving the question of whether two subgroups of winery employees may be treated separately for collective bargaining purposes...

US v. Powers

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Sentence and convictions by gulity plea of child-pornography-related offenses are vacated where: 1) the government concedes that the District Court...

Infrassure, Ltd. v. First Mut. Transp. Assurance Co.

Insurance Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a suit between parties to a facultative reinsurance certificate differ as to which of two arbitration provisions govern the resolution of a dispute...

Gevorkyan v. Judelson

Insurance Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a criminal bail bond case appeal of the District Court's conclusion that a bail bond agent could retain the premium paid to him by the defendants...

Garcia v. Superintendent of Great Meadow Correctional Facility

Habeas Corpus, Criminal Law & Procedure
Motion for leave to file a successive 28 U.S.C. section 2254 petition challenging a New York state conviction for burglary and sexual abuse is denied...

Sanford v. US

Habeas Corpus, Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a criminal action challenging defendant's sentence, the district court's denial of the motion is affirmed where defendant's waiver of his right to...

Upstate Citizens for Equality v. US

Constitutional Law, Indian Law
In an Indian law action, challenging the federal government's taking of 13,000 acres of Oneida Indian Nation land into trust under the Indian...

Cross Commerce Media, Inc. v. Collective, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Trademark, Attorney's Fees
In a trademark infringement dispute between software companies over several trademarks containing the word 'collective,' the District Court's granted...

Friends of The East Hampton Airport,Inc v. Town of East Hampton

Transportation, Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Administrative Law
In a suit challenging a Town's regulation of flights at a local airport by adopting noise and access restrictions at the airport, the District Court...

Lowinger v. Morgan Stanley

Securities Law
In a complaint asserting claims under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. section 78p(b), seeking to hold Lead Underwriter-defendants...