United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Wagner-Dano

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A 78-month prison term for wire fraud is affirmed against contentions of procedural and substantive unfairness, where: 1) the district court did not...

Amerex Group, Inc. v. Lexington Insurance Co.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law
In a dispute between an outerwear distributor and its excess insurers over coverage for lost business income after a warehouse flood, the district...

Commack Self-Service Kosher Meats, Inc. v. Hooker

Constitutional Law
In a kosher deli's challenge to New York's Kosher Law Protection Act of 2004, the district court's dismissal of the complaint is affirmed, where: 1)...

City of Omaha Civilian Employees’ Retirement. System. v. CBS Corp.

Media Law, Securities Law, White Collar Crime
In a securities fraud suit alleging that the defendants' statements about a company's goodwill and its general financial condition were knowingly or...

NLRB v. Starbucks Corp.

Labor & Employment Law
In a case alleging various unfair labor practices on the part of an employer, its cross-petition for review of the NLRB's affirmance of an ALJ...

Townsend v. Benjamin Enterprises, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by an employee who claimed sexual harassment and a human resources director who was investigating the allegation: 1) summary judgment to the...

The Building Industry Electrical Contractors Ass'n v. City of New York

Construction, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by two contractors' associations, alleging that a number of long-term construction labor agreements entered into by the City of New York...

Redd v. New York State Division of Parole

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
The judgment of the district court is vacated to the extent that it dismissed the plaintiff's hostile work environment claim of sexual harassment, and...

HOP Energy, L.L.C. v. Local 553 Pension Fund

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a case in which a company sought an exemption from withdrawal liability under the Multi-Employer Pension Plan Amendments Act because it had sold...

Sarmiento v. US

Contracts, Tax Law
In an action seeking to recover federal tax refunds withheld from the plaintiffs pursuant to offer-in compromise (OIC) agreements they each entered...