United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

NLRB v. County Waste of Ulster, LLC

Administrative Law, Judges & Judiciary, Labor & Employment Law
In a National Labor Relations Board administrative proceeding charging that an employer violated section 8(a)(2) of the National Labor Relations Act...

New York Civil Liberties Union v. New York City Transit Authority

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Transportation
In a suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 brought by organization that advocates for open governmental and judicial proceedings to enjoin a policy...

Garcia v. USICE (Dept. of Homeland Security)

Administrative Law, Habeas Corpus, Family Law, Immigration Law, International Law
In a case seeking removal of a lawful permanent resident who asserted that he obtained US citizenship as a minor in the custody of his naturalized...

US v. Steppello

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a prosecution alleging possession with intent to distribute cocaine in which the defendant sought to suppress cocaine seized from his person...

Milgram v. The Orthopedic Associates Defined Contribution Pension Plan

Contracts, ERISA, Judgement Enforcement, Remedies
In a suit under ERISA seeking to recover funds that were erroneously removed from an individual's defined contribution pension fund account and...

Macpherson v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a case in which an individual asserted state common law claims against a bank for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress...

US v. Twenty Miljam-350 IED Jammers

Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, International Trade
In a case seeking civil in rem forfeiture, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. Section 401(a), of certain communication-jamming devices that the owner was charged...

Ognibene v. Parkes

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In a suit seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against amendments to the 'pay-to-play' rules of the New York City Administrative Code on grounds...

Tiberio v. Allergy Asthma Immunology of Rochester

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
District court judgment dismissing the plaintiff’s disability discrimination claim against her former employer under the Americans with Disabilities...

Skaftouros v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, International Law
District court grant of writ of habeas corpus to fugitive charged with murder in Greece and certified in the United States as extraditable is vacated,...