United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

In re Lehman Bros. Holdings Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
In bankruptcy action, judgment dismissing debtor-Lehman Bros.' appeal from bankruptcy court’s denial of its motion for leave to intervene in an...

Koch v. Cristie's Int'l PLC

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil RICO conspiracy and common law fraud action alleging defendants falsely attributed bottles of wine to Thomas Jefferson's collection,...

Payne v. Jones

Injury & Tort Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In excessive force and battery action against defendant police officer and defendant-city, judgment for plaintiff is affirmed in part and vacated and...

Garanti Finansal Kiralama A.S. v. Aqua Marine and Trading, Inc.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts
In action for declaratory judgment where plaintiff, a shipowner, sought a determination that it was not contractually bound to arbitrate a fuel...

Lopes v. Dep't of Soc. Servs.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
In an action challenging defendants' determination that plaintiff, an institutionalized person, was ineligible for Medicaid, summary judgment in favor...

Donoghue v. Bulldog Investors General Partnership

Constitutional Law, Securities Law
In a disgorgement claim brought by plaintiff on behalf of the stock issuer, judgment for plaintiff is affirmed where the court concluded that...

Lozano v. Alvarez

Family Law, International Law
In an appeal from a district court order denying Lozano’s petition for Return of Child under the International Child Abduction Remedies Act, the...

US v. Carter

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a conviction of a defendant for drug-related charges, district court's imposition of the ten-year mandatory minimum sentence is affirmed where a...

US v. White

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's conviction for possession of a weapon by a person previously convicted of a felony is vacated and remanded where: 1) district courts may...

Gross v. Rell

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Elder Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In plaintiff's suit against number of defendants, including his conservator, a court-appointed attorney, and a nursing home, asserting both federal...