United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Culbertson

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prosecution in which the defendant pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to import 100 grams or more of heroin and five kilograms or more of...

Scandinavian Reinsurance Co. Ltd. v. Saint Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law
The district court's grant of a petition to vacate an arbitral award is reversed, and on remand the district court is instructed to grant a...

Lore v. City of Syracuse

Civil Rights, Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure
In a case alleging illegal retaliation against a city police officer under Title VII and the New York State Human Rights Law (HRL) because of her...

Gallop v. Cheney

Government Law, Judges & Judiciary, Sanctions
On an order to show cause why an attorney should not be separately sanctioned for his self-proclaimed lead role in drafting a frivolous and vexatious...

Southerland v. City of New York

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Law, Juvenile Law
In a suit under 42 USC Section 1983 asserting that a New York City children's services caseworker entered the plaintiffs' home unlawfully and effected...

Muto v. CBS Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, ERISA, Media Law
In a putative class action complaint brought in New York by Pennsylvania residents against the plaintiffs' former employer and the employer's pension...

US v. Lyttle

Criminal Law & Procedure, International Law, White Collar Crime
In a prosecution for numerous offenses relating to the defendant's involvement in a fraudulent high-yield investment program, before which the...

In re American Express Merchants' Litigation

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a class action asserting Sherman Act claims, brought against a charge card issuer whose card acceptance agreement purported to preclude a merchant...

US v. Cain

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
In a prosecution of three individuals for racketeering and various related offenses, one defendant's RICO and RICO conspiracy convictions are reversed...

Fowlkes v. Thomas

Government Benefits
On a prisoner's postjudgment motion for an order directing the Social Security Administration (SSA) to re-tender a check for retroactive supplemental...