United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

DeFabio v. E. Hampton Union Free Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In a case involving a student’s assertion of a First Amendment right to return to school and make a statement disavowing a racial slur attributed to...

Amore v. Novarro

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a civil rights action alleging a false arrest, a denial of summary judgment based on qualified immunity is reversed where the district court erred...

Federal Treasury Enterprise Sojuzplodoimport v. Spirits Int'l. N.V.

International Trade, Intellectual Property, Trademark, Civil Procedure, Contracts
In an action for trademark infringement by an entity created by the Russian government and purportedly granted rights by the government to manage the...

Byrne v. Rutledge

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In an action alleging that Vermont’s denial of plaintiff's requested vanity license plate, on the grounds that it contained a religious message in...

Johnson v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Petitioner's application for leave to file a successive 28 U.S.C. section 2255 motion is denied where petitioner's proposed section 2255 motion would...

DiFolco v. MSNBC Cable L.L.C.

Contracts, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
In an action for breach of contract (and related New York Labor Law violations), defamation, and tortious interference with prospective business...

Duran v. Beaumont

Family Law, International Law
In a petition for an order compelling respondent to return petitioner's and respondent's daughter to Chile under the Hague Convention, the denial of...

Matthews v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's convictions for racketeering, drug-related murder, and the use of a firearm are affirmed where, while drug-related murder can be...

Simmons v. Roundup Funding, LLC

Bankruptcy Law, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
In a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act action claiming that a creditor filed an inflated proof of claim in plaintiffs' bankruptcy, the dismissal of...

Analytical Diagnostic Labs, Inc. v. Kusel

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law
In a class-of-one equal protection claim alleging that defendants, employees of the New York State Department of Health, intentionally and maliciously...