United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Carpenter v. Repub. of Chile

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In an action claiming that plaintiff was subject to abuse by the courts of Chile in a criminal case that was initiated in Santiago, Chile over ten...

Scheffer v. Civ. Serv. Employees' Ass'n

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by public-sector employees who, as nonmembers of the union that represented them for collective-bargaining purposes, challenged...

Ruiz v. Cty. of Rockland

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action against a county for national origin and race discrimination under Title VII and the Equal Protection Clause, summary judgment for...

Durakovic v. Bldg. Serv. 32 BJ Pension Fund

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA challenge to a union disability-benefits denial, dismissal of the complaint is reversed where: 1) a fund organized pursuant to 29 U.S.C....

Brown v. Kelly

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a class action by persons allegedly arrested pursuant to an unconstitutional New York anti-begging statute, the district court's class...

Insurance Co. of N. Am. v. Pub. Serv. Mut. Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law
In an appeal from the district court's order granting respondent's Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(2) motion based on newly discovered evidence that an...

NLRB v. Talmadge Park

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
In the National Labor Relations Board's petition for enforcement of an order against respondent, the petition is denied where the order issued on May...

Export-Import Bank of the U.S. v. Asia Pulp & Paper Co.

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Debt Collection, Judgement Enforcement
In an action to collect a $144 million judgment against defendants pursuant to the Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act (FDCPA), the district...

In re: Delta Airlines, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Tax Law
In creditors' appeal from a bankruptcy court's order upholding debtor's objections to their claims under tax indemnification agreements, the order is...