United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Richardson v. Superintendent of Mid-Orange Corr. Facility

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In the state's appeal from a grant of petitioner's habeas petition, the order is reversed where the district court erred because petitioner failed to...

Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petro. Co.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Oil and Gas Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In an action by residents of Nigeria claiming that Dutch, British, and Nigerian corporations engaged in oil exploration and production aided and...

Van Allen v. Cuomo

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In an action challenging New York Election Law sections 5-210 and 5-304, which prevented plaintiff's enrollment in a party from becoming effective...

US v. Martinez

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's convictions for sex trafficking of minors and sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion are affirmed where: 1) a defendant in a...

Faghri v. Univ. of Conn.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming that defendants unconstitutionally retaliated against plaintiff for his exercise of his right to free speech in violation of the...

Brooks v. Holder

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissing petitioner's appeal from the immigration judge's order of removal,...

Chase Grp. Alliance LLC v. N.Y. Dep't of Fin.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action claiming that plaintiffs' right to due process was violated by liens placed upon their properties by the City of New York, dismissal of...

Iowa Pub. Employees' Ret. Sys. v. MF Global, Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In an action alleging material misstatements and omissions in a prospectus and registration statement of defendant, and asserting claims under section...

UFCW Local 1776 v. Eli Lilly & Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law
In a putative class action against Eli Lilly, manufacturer of the drug Zyprexa, asserting a civil RICO violation predicated on mail fraud, conspiracy...

Vartelas v. Holder

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's denial of petitioner's motion to reopen his removal proceedings, the petition is denied where petitioner was not...