United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Vermont Right to Life Committee, Inc. v. Sorrell

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Elections, Government Law, Media Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendants, Vermont officials charged with enforcing Vermont elections statutes, in a constitutional challenge to...

ING Global v. United Parcel Service Oasis Supply Corporation

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts
The district court's order setting aside a verdict awarding plaintiff attorney's fees on breach of contract claims is reversed and remanded, where: 1)...

Rajamin v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co.

Banking Law, Constitutional Law, Contracts
Dismissal of plaintiff-mortgagors' complaint alleging that mortgagees' assignments of the loans and mortgages to defendant trusts were ineffective...

Brown v. Daikin America Inc.

Civil Rights, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint alleging that defendants discriminated against him on the basis of his race and national origin in violation of...

Pricewaterhousecoopers, L.L.P. v. Jitendra Bhatia

Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In an action brought by plaintiffs, who were individual and institutional investors in so-called Madoff feeder funds, against defendants who managed...

Giuffre Hyundai v. Hyundai Motor America

Contracts
Summary judgment in favor of defendant in plaintiff's action seeking to enjoin the termination of plaintiff's automobile dealership contract is...

US v. Reed

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant Reed's conviction of one count of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, one count of attempted Hobbs Act robbery, and one count of...

Asarco LLC v. Goodwin

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of plaintiff's suit brought pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) seeking...

Roth v. CitiMortgage Inc.

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint alleging that defendant's responses to requests for information about her mortgage violated the Real Estate...

Castine v. Zurlo

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendants in an action in which plaintiff alleges that defendants violated her First Amendment rights by removing her...