United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

23-34 94th St. Grocery v. N.Y.C. Bd. of Health

Commercial Law, Government Law, Health Law
In an action by retailers challenging a resolution requiring all tobacco retailers to display signs bearing graphic images showing certain adverse...

Schlessinger v. Valspar Corp.

Class Actions, Commercial Law, Contracts
In a putative class action alleging breach of contract and unfair trade practices, contending that plaintiffs purchased furniture maintenance...

Rates Technology v. Speakeasy

Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a case where the parties entered into a settlement agreement after an accusation of infringement by the patent owner but prior to any litigation,...

Chin v. Port Authority of N.Y. and N.J.

Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought by a group of Asian Americans currently or formerly employed as police officers by the Port Authority under Title VII of the Civil...

Paidi v. Mills

Administrative Law, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law, Immigration Law
In a case involving a state regulatory scheme that seeks to prohibit some legally admitted aliens from working, brought by a group of nonimmigrant...

Pietrangelo v. Alvas Corp.

Civil Procedure
In a suit filed in state court and removed to federal court, the District Court's dismissal of all state and federal claims is affirmed over...

Rivas v. Fischer

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. section 2254 as time barred is reversed and relief granted where, although the petition...

US v. Jacques

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In an appeal of pre-trial orders in a death penalty case, the District Court's exclusion of evidence that the government sought to offer in the...

US v. Williams

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence and conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, 18 U.S.C. section 922(g)(2), is affirmed over defendant's claim...

Galiano v. Fidelity National Title Insurance Co.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Class Actions, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a putative class action, alleging that title insurance company defendants sold title insurance at improperly inflated rates as a result of illegal...