United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Awan

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's conspiracy to commit murder sentence is vacated and remanded where the district court erred by denying the government's request for...

US v. DeJesus-Concepcion

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence of 144 months imprisonment is affirmed where the district court did not misapply section 4A1.2(c)(1) of the Sentencing Guidelines...

Highland Cap. Mgmt. LP v. Schneider

Contracts, Evidence
In an action for breach of contract alleging that defendants' agent made an oral agreement to sell certain notes to plaintiffs at a significant...

US v. Julius

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In the government's appeal from a district court's order holding that a firearm seized during the arrest of defendant must be excluded from evidence...

In re the City of New York

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a civil right action brought by protesters and others who were arrested at the 2004 Republican National Convention (RNC), the City of New York's...

Dobrova v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's decision finding petitioner statutorily ineligible for a discretionary waiver of inadmissibility, the petition...

FDIC v. Great Am. Ins. Co.

Banking Law, Contracts, Government Law, Insurance Law
In an action for breach of an insurance contract, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where the district court erred in ruling that the...

Harrington v. Cty. of Suffolk

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In an action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1983 asserting that defendants deprived plaintiffs of a property interest protected by the Due Process...

Domnister v. Exclusive Ambulette, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by Russian immigrants alleging that their former employer discriminated and retaliated against them based on their national origin, the...

L-3 Comms. Corp. v. OSI Sys., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure
In defendant's appeal from the district court's order taxing to defendant, under Fed. R. App. P. 39(e), plaintiff's costs of obtaining a letter of...