| Description | Date | Docket # |
|---|---|---|
Melito v. Experian Marketing Solutions, Inc.United States Second Circuit
Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law
Held that recipients of unsolicited spam text messages had legal standing to bring a lawsuit against the company that sent them. Affirmed a ruling in...
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04/30/2019 | 17-3277-cv |
Shabazz v. USUnited States Second Circuit
Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Denied a petition for rehearing of a sentencing ruling under the Armed Career Criminal Act. Held that the ruling was fully compatible with a 2018...
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04/26/2019 | 17‐167 |
Ragbir v. HomanUnited States Second Circuit
Immigration Law, Constitutional Law
Held that an alien stated a cognizable First Amendment claim that government officials impermissibly targeted him for deportation because of his...
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04/25/2019 | 18‐1597 |
LLM Bar Exam, LLC v. Barbri, Inc.United States Second Circuit
Antitrust & Trade Regulation
Held that a company offering bar exam review courses did not plausibly plead that a competitor conspired with certain law schools to enable it to...
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04/25/2019 | 17‐3463‐cv |
Gingras v. Think Finance, Inc.United States Second Circuit
Indian Law, Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law
Held that tribal sovereign immunity did not bar borrowers from pursuing legal relief against an online lending business owned by an Indian tribe. The...
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04/24/2019 | 16-2019-cv |
US v. HausaUnited States Second Circuit
Military Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Affirmed a man's conviction on charges related to his participation in attacks on United States and coalition forces in Afghanistan while a member of...
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04/24/2019 | 18‐566‐cr |
Banegas-Gomez v. BarrUnited States Second Circuit
Immigration Law
Upheld a Board of Immigration Appeals decision that a Honduras citizen was removable. His conviction for Connecticut first‐degree assault was an...
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04/23/2019 | 15‐3269 |
NY Citizens’ Coalition for Children v PooleUnited States Second Circuit
Remedies, Family Law
Finding that a plaintiff had standing to sue in seeking adequate payment for foster parents and that plaintiff had a right to adequate payments.
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04/19/2019 | 14-2919-cv |
Natofsky v. City of New YorkUnited States Second Circuit
Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Held that but‐for causation is required to succeed on an employment discrimination claim under Rehabilitation Act section 504. Because a...
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04/18/2019 | 17‐2757 |
BWP Media USA Inc. v. Polyvore, Inc.United States Second Circuit
Media Law, Cyberspace Law, Copyright
Revived a media company's claim that a popular website infringed its copyright in certain photographs of famous celebrities. The website, which...
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04/17/2019 | 16‐2825‐cv |