United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

In Re: Parmalat Securities Litigation

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Remedies, Securities Law
In consolidated cases arising from the financial collapse of Parmalat Finanziaria, judgment of the district court denying motions for remand and...

US v. Perez-Frias

Immigration Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Conviction and sentencing of defendant, a Dominican national, for illegal reentry into the US under 8 U.S.C. sections 1326(a) and 1326(b)(2) is upheld...

US v. Quinones

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
Conviction and sentencing of defendants for an assortment of drug related charges is upheld where any trial error in giving a conscious avoidance jury...

Nnebe v. Daus

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
In a dispute involving the suspension of taxi licenses held by a purported class of New York taxi drivers, summary judgment by district court is...

Cacchillo v. Insmed, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Health Law, Remedies
In a section 1983 and breach of agreement dispute arising from the refusal of defendant to support an FDA compassion application, denial of motion for...

In re. Paul E. Warburgh

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Professional Malpractice, Sanctions
In an attorney disciplinary matter, the recommendation of discipline by Committee of Admissions and Grievances is adopted where an attorney who is the...

Bechtel Do Brasil Construcoes Ltda., et al. v. UEG Araucaria Ltda.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In an action seeking a permanent stay of arbitration on the grounds that claims by defendant were time-barred under both New York and Brazilian law,...

Amnesty International USA v. Clapper

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Media Law
In a facial challenge by attorneys, journalists, and labor, legal, media, and human rights organizations to the constitutionality of Section 702 of...

Republic of Ecuador v. Chevron

Civil Procedure, International Law, Oil and Gas Law
In a dispute involving whether the terms of a bilateral investment treaty between the U.S. and Ecador preempts ongoing litigation between plaintiffs...

Bodansky v. Fifth on the Park Condo

Construction, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In dispute involving the scope of the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act (ILSA), 15 U.S.C. sections 1701-20, order by district court dismissing...