United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Altman v. US Securities and Exchange Commission

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Remedies, Securities Law
In an appeal of a debarment order brought by an attorney admitted to practice in New York, seeking injunctive relief in the form of an order staying...

US v. Gowing

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Convictions and sentencing on charges arising from an elaborate, years-long financial fraud, which was enhanced under 18 U.S.C. section 3147 for...

Analytical Surveys, Inc. v. Tonga Partners, L.P.

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In an appeal of a judgment of liability for profits earned in short-swing insider trading prohibited by section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act,...

US v. Decastro

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
A conviction under 18 USC section 922(a)(3) for transporting into New York a firearm acquired in another state is affirmed, where: 1) the defendant...

Pope v. County of Albany

Civil Procedure, Elections, Government Law
In a case in which minority voters sought a preliminary injunction of the 2011 elections for the Albany County Legislature for alleged redistricting...

USAA Casualty Insurance Co. v. Permanent Mission of the Republic of Namibia

Civil Procedure, Construction, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In a tort suit against an instrumentality of the Republic of Namibia stemming from construction work on its New York chancery building, a district...

Panther Partners Inc. v. Ikanos Communications, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a case alleging violations of sections 11, 12(a)(2), and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933, an order denying leave to amend the complaint is...

Meilleur v. Strong

Civil Procedure
In a suit brought pro se in which the district court granted the plaintiff leave to proceed in forma pauperis, the district court's dismissal of a...

Elfgeeh v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a petition for habeas corpus is affirmed, where the appellant's representation was not per se ineffective under the Sixth Amendment, as he...

US v. Carthen

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Revocation of the appellant's supervised release is affirmed, where: 1) under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.1, good cause existed to allow the...