United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Manganiello v. City of N.Y.

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In an action against a police detective for malicious prosecution, judgment for plaintiff is affirmed where: 1) there was ample evidence to support...

US v. Pickett

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In defendant's appeal from the district court's imposition of restitution more than ninety days after defendant's sentencing hearing, based on his...

Royal & Sun Alliance Ins., PLC v. Ocean World Lines, Inc.

Admiralty, Commercial Law, Contracts, Transportation
In an action based on damage to a printing press shipped pursuant to a bill of lading, partial summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where the...

S.K.I. Beer Corp. v. Baltika Brewery

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts
In plaintiff's appeal from the district court's order granting defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint based upon a forum selection clause in the...

US v. Mock

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In defendant's appeal from the district court's denial of defendant's motion for a reduction in sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 3582(c)(2), the...

US v. Tutty

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's child pornography sentence is vacated where the district court erred when it held, relying on outdated law, that it did not have the...

Gueits v. Kirkpatrick

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In an assault prosecution, a grant of petitioner's habeas petition is reversed where petitioner failed to demonstrate that the New York Supreme Court,...

Green Pty. of Conn. v. Garfield

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In an action claiming that Connecticut's Citizen Election Program (CEP), a statutory scheme providing public funds for candidates running for state...

Fox Tel. Stations, Inc. v. FCC

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Government Law, Media Law
In a petition for review of the indecency policy of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), commonly referred to as the "fleeting expletive"...

State of Conn. v. Duncan

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Education Law, Government Law
In an action against the Secretary of Education, challenging the Secretary's interpretation of the so-called "Unfunded Mandates Provision" of the No...