United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Sudler v. City New York

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a suit brought by former inmates against the City of New York and various officials, alleging that their due process rights were violated when they...

Bayeriche Landesbank v. Aladdin Capital Mgmt., LLC

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiffs' suit for breach of contract and gross negligence based on defendant's alleged disregard of its obligation to manage the Collateralized...

Harrington v. U.S.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
District court's denial of defendant's petition for habeas relief from a 15-year mandatory minimum sentence imposed under the Armed Career Criminal...

Vartelas v. Holder

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
On remand from the Supreme Court's decision in Vartelas v. Holder, 132 S. Ct. 1479 (2012), which implicitly required the conclusion that the Illegal...

In Re: Publ'n Paper Antitrust Litig.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Class Actions, Media Law
In an antitrust class action alleging a conspiracy to fix prices of "publication paper," a type of paper used in preparing printed material of various...

Graziano v. Pataki

Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a class action suit against the Governor of New York and others, claiming that they have been denied parole as a result of an "unwritten policy" ...

McGarry v. Pallito

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In plaintiff's suit brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, alleging that the defendants violated his Thirteenth Amendment right to be free from...

Marcavage v. The City of New York

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In plaintiffs' suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, arising from their arrest while protesting at the 2004 Republican National Convention at Madison...

Super Nova 330 LLC. v. Gazes

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The district court's affirmance of the bankruptcy court's denial of a landlord's motion to recover post-petition rent, attorneys' fees, and interest...

Taylor v. Harbour Pointe Homeowners Ass'n

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate
Plaintiff's appeal of a summary judgment in favor of the defendants in a suit against her homeowner's association (HOA), claiming failure to...