United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

County of Suffolk v. Sebelius

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
In an action under the Administrative Procedure Act seeking additional funding for fiscal years 2007 and 2008 from a grant program administered by the...

FCS Advisors, Inc. v. Fair Fin. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Remedies
In a breach of contract action, the district court's order awarding post-judgment interest to plaintiff is vacated where post-judgment interest was to...

Hunt Const. Group, Inc. v. Brennan Beer Gorman

Construction, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In an action for negligence and negligent misrepresentation against defendant-design professionals over allegedly late and erroneous delivery of...

Johnston v. Maha

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a civil rights action regarding the conditions of plaintiff-inmate's confinement, plaintiff's motion for appointment of counsel in his appeal of a...

US v. Oluwanisola

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's convictions for conspiring to import heroin into the U.S., conspiring to possess with intent to distribute heroin, and possessing heroin...

AmeriCredit Fin. Servs. v. Tompkins

Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Law, Debt Collection
In a creditor's appeal from a bankruptcy court's order expunging creditor's unsecured claim in a Chapter 13 proceeding and overruling creditor's...

Slayton v. Am. Express Co.

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a securities fraud action challenging one allegedly misleading statement made in the defendants' May 15, 2001 quarterly report, dismissal of the...

Arrowood Indemn. Co. v. King

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an action by an insurer seeking a declaration that neither a homeowner's policy nor an umbrella policy provided coverage for a tort plaintiff's...

Adams v. Zelotes

Bankruptcy Law, Constitutional Law, Debt Collection
In an action challenging the constitutionality of a Bankruptcy Code provision, 11 U.S.C. section 526(a)(4), alleging that the provision's prohibition...

In re: Baker

Bankruptcy Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In bankruptcy trustee's appeal from a bankruptcy court's order exempting the proceeds of an annuity from a Chapter 13 bankruptcy estate under New York...