United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Dickerson v. Napolitano

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a civil rights action arising out of plaintiffs' arrests, incarcerations, and prosecutions for attempting to enter a federal building with objects...

Fincher v. Depository Trust & Clearing Corp.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination action alleging that defendant retaliated against plaintiff by failing to investigate her complaint, summary judgment...

Vaughn v. Airline Pilots Assoc. Int'l.

Labor & Employment Law
In an action against an airline pilot's union for breach of the duty of fair representation, the dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where: 1)...

Interworks Sys. Inc. v. Merchant Fin. Corp.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Debt Collection, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
In a complaint-in-intervention by the U.S. seeking unpaid employment taxes from defendant, under New York Lien Law sections 70-79a (Article 3-A),...

US v. Needham

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's Hobbs Act robbery and Hobbs Act conspiracy convictions are affirmed in part where the interstate commerce element was proven with respect...

US v. Dorvee

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's child pornography distribution sentence is vacated where: 1) it appeared that the district court believed it was imposing a non-Sentencing...

Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co. v. Mortensen

Contracts, ERISA, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment Law, Trade Secrets
In an action arising out of the retention of policyholder information by former insurance agents for plaintiff, summary judgment dismissing both...

Spiegel v. Schulmann

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Sports Law
In an action claiming that defendants violated the anti-retaliation provision of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and related state laws by...

US v. Torres

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's drug conspiracy conviction is reversed where the trial evidence was insufficient to permit the jury to find beyond a reasonable doubt that...

US v. Hernandez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's drug conspiracy sentence is vacated where the district court evidently started with an assumption, invalid after so long an interval, that...