United States Second Circuit - May 2019 Opinion Summaries
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Kidd v. Thomson Reuters Corp.United States Second Circuit
Media Law, Labor & Employment LawHeld that a media company was not a "consumer reporting agency" subject to the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act. A job applicant alleged that... |
05/30/2019 | 17‐3550 |
American Civil Liberties Union v. National Security AgencyUnited States Second Circuit
Government Law, Military LawIn a Freedom of Information Act case, held that the government did not have to disclose documents concerning the legal authority for certain national... |
05/30/2019 | 17‐3399‐cv |
Washington v. BarrUnited States Second Circuit
Health Law, Constitutional LawDeclined to declare that marijuana's classification as a Schedule 1 substance is unconstitutional. The plaintiffs contended that the longstanding... |
05/30/2019 | 18‐859‐cv |
Estrella v. BerryhillUnited States Second Circuit
Government BenefitsRevived a benefit claimant's challenge to a denial of Social Security disability benefits. She contended that the ALJ should have given more weight to... |
05/29/2019 | 17‐3247 |
Charles v. Orange County, New YorkUnited States Second Circuit
Immigration Law, Constitutional LawRevived civil rights claims brought by two former civil immigration detainees with serious mental health issues who alleged that the authorities were... |
05/24/2019 | 17-3506-pr |
US v. PaulingUnited States Second Circuit
Criminal Law & ProcedureAffirmed an order vacating a drug-trafficking conspiracy conviction. The evidence at trial was insufficient to establish the quantity element of the... |
05/23/2019 | 17‐2539‐cr |
Fresno County Employees' Retirement Association v. Isaacson/Weaver Family TrustUnited States Second Circuit
Securities Law, Class Actions, Attorney's FeesRejected an objecting class member's challenge to the amount of attorney fees awarded to a law firm that represented the class in a shareholder... |
05/23/2019 | 17‐2662 |
Kashef v. BNP Paribas S.A.United States Second Circuit
International Law, Injury & Tort LawRevived a New York tort lawsuit alleging that a French bank that evaded U.S. sanctions on Sudan aided and abetted the Sudanese regime in its... |
05/22/2019 | 18-1304 |
Benzemann v Houslander & Assoc. PLLCUnited States Second Circuit
Civil Procedure, Debt CollectionPlaintiff filed a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act claim against defendants. The trial court granted summary judgment against plaintiff on the... |
05/13/2019 | 18‐1162‐cv |
Thompson v BarrUnited States Second Circuit
Administrative Law, Immigration Law, Civil ProcedureDenied petition for review of decision by Board of Immigration for removal. In denying, the appeals court ruled that second-degree assault under New... |
05/13/2019 | 17‐3494 |
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