United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Poventud v. City of New York

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an en banc opinion, summary judgment to defendants on plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claims alleging that he was denied access to evidence in...

Martinez v. Bloomberg LP

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff- employee's discrimination action against defendant-former employer for improper venue is affirmed, where: 1) a clause...

US v. Macias

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
Defendant's conviction of being "found in" the United States as a previously‐deported alien is reversed, where: 1) when encountered by authorities,...

Tire Engineering & Distribution L.L.C. v. Bank of China Ltd.

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Debt Collection, International Law, Judgement Enforcement
The following questions are certified to the New York Court of Appeals: 1) whether the separate entity rule precludes a judgment creditor from...

In Re: Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC

Bankruptcy Law, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law, White Collar Crime
The bankruptcy court's permanent injunction, enjoining state law tort actions brought by plaintiffs, two of Madoff's defrauded "investors," against...

US v. Shand

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant’s sentence of seventy‐seven months' imprisonment following his criminal conviction, pursuant to a guilty plea, for illegal reentry into the...

Licci ex rel. Licci v. Lebanese Canadian Bank, SAL

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
Plaintiffs' motion for this Court to permit them to file a petition for rehearing despite the fact that a judgment had yet to issue in this appeal, is...

In re: Douglas E. Palermo

Bankruptcy Law
Judgment in favor of plaintiff-trustee on his claims that defendant had received fraudulent transfers from debtor is: 1) affirmed in part, where the...

Hollis v. O’Driscoll

Family Law, International Law
The district court's order for the return of father's daughter to him from New York to New Zealand, pursuant to the Hague Convention on the Civil...

Matusick v. Erie County Water Authority

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment for plaintiff in an action alleging employment discrimination and harassment is: 1) affirmed in part, where plaintiff presented sufficient...