United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Dorchester Financial Securities, Inc. v. Banco BRJ, S.A.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint alleging breach of contract and fraud for lack of personal jurisdiction is vacated and remanded, where: 1) as here,...

US v. Goffer

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence, Securities Law, White Collar Crime
Defendants' convictions for conspiracy to commit securities fraud and securities fraud are affirmed, where: 1) the wiretap evidence is admissible...

The Authors Guild Inc. v. Google Inc.

Class Actions, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law
The district court's order certifying a plaintiff class of authors claiming that defendant committed copyright infringement by copying and displaying...

Phillips v. Generations Family Health Center

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Judgment dismissing plaintiff's medical malpractice claim as time-barred is vacated and remanded, where: 1) that the district court may have...

Doyle v. Midland Credit Management, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
Judgment dismissing action brought under the action under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act is affirmed, where: 1) the district court properly...

In re IndyMac Mortgage-Backed Securities Litigation

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
The district court's order partially denying motions to intervene by proposed intervenors is affirmed, where: 1) American Pipe & Construction Co. v....

US v. Cuti

Criminal Law & Procedure, Securities Law
Defendants' convictions for securities fraud are affirmed, where: 1) the district court did not abuse its discretion in admitting the lay witness...

US v. Tien

Criminal Law & Procedure
Judgments of conviction entered after defendant pleaded guilty to three counts of bribery of a public official and one count of forgery of a passport,...

Souratgar v. Lee

Family Law, International Law
The district court did not err in granting father's petition under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction for...

Stansbury v. Wertman

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In a 1983 action alleging false arrest and malicious prosecution, the district court's denial of defendant's motion for summary judgment is reversed...