United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Chavis v. Chappius

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
A denial of plaintiff-inmate's motion to proceed in forma pauperis is vacated where: 1) a complaint and a subsequent appeal therefrom qualified as...

Friedman v. Rehal

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence
In a sexual abuse prosecution, the denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where: 1) the fact that hypnosis may have been used to stimulate...

CFTC v. Walsh

Debt Collection, Family Law, Securities Law
In an action by the CFTC and SEC alleging securities fraud, the Second Circuit certified the following question to the New York Court of Appeals: 1)...

US v. Green

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In defendant's appeal challenging a condition of his supervised release prohibiting him from associating with members of criminal street gangs or...

ACORN v. US

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law, Remedies, Tax-exempt Organizations
In an action challenging provisions in several federal appropriations laws barring the distribution of federal funds to ACORN and its affiliates,...

Caro v. Weintraub

Communications Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In an action under Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act based on the unauthorized recording of a conversation, dismissal of the...

Pucino v. Verizon Comms., Inc.

Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming that defendants maintained a hostile working environment at the garage where plaintiff was employed, summary judgment for...

US v. Bonilla

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
The government's motion for summary affirmance of defendant's conviction and sentence for reentering the U.S. after having been deported is granted...

Zhang v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissing petitioner's appeal of an Immigration Judge's order, which...

Eli Lilly & Co. v. Gottstein

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law, Product Liability
In a nonparty's appeal from a permanent injunction entered by the district court prohibiting him from disseminating certain documents produced by Eli...