| Description | Date | Docket # |
|---|---|---|
Kidd v. Thomson Reuters Corp.United States Second Circuit
Media Law, Labor & Employment Law
Held 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 |
Washington v. BarrUnited States Second Circuit
Health Law, Constitutional Law
Declined 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 |
American Civil Liberties Union v. National Security AgencyUnited States Second Circuit
Government Law, Military Law
In 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 |
Estrella v. BerryhillUnited States Second Circuit
Government Benefits
Revived 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 Law
Revived 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 & Procedure
Affirmed 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 Fees
Rejected 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 Law
Revived 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 Collection
Plaintiff 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 Procedure
Denied 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 |