United States Second Circuit - June 2017 Opinion Summaries

Pollard v. The New York Methodist Hospital

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
Vacating the grant of summary judgment to the defendant, a hospital, in a wrongful termination case, determining that the plaintiff's treatment of a...

Funk v. Belneftekhim

Civil Procedure, Sanctions
Affirming the imposition of monetary sanctions on the defendant for their continued failure to comply with discovery orders, but lifted the sanction...

Allco Fin. Ltd. v. Klee

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
Affirming the district court judgment dismissing the plaintiff's claim that Connecticut's renewable energy solicitations violated the dormant Commerce...

Crupar-Weinmann v. Paris Baguette America, Inc.

Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law
Dismissal of a class-action suit alleging a willful violation of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) is affirmed because subsequent...

Emily Vega v. Eric T. Schneiderman

Habeas Corpus, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Civil Rights
An order of protection prohibiting the petitioner from contacting the victim of her harassment did not place her 'in custody' because the order did...

US v. Scarpa

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
In the appeal of a judgment reducing the prison sentence of a defendant convicted of racketeering and other offenses for his assistance in discovering...

Reyes v. Lincoln Automotive Fin. Servs.

Consumer Protection Law, Communications Law, Contracts
In a case involving the Telephone Consumer Protection Act in which an auto dealer continued to call the plaintiff after he revoked his consent to be...

Arnone v. Aetna Life Ins. Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a case involving the denial of long-term disability benefits, the district court's grant of summary judgment to defendant is reversed where on...

Stadnick v. Vivint Solar, Inc.

Securities Law, Commercial Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation
In a securities class action complaint, the plaintiff wanted the court to apply a 1st Circuit test for financial disclosures and argued they were...

Harbin v. Sessions

Immigration Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In the case of a lawful permanent resident appealing the denial of relief due to a NY criminal conviction, the court found that: 1) the NY conviction...