United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Pacific Inv. Mgmt. Co. v. Mayer Brown LLP

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a securities fraud action against outside counsel for a corporation that allegedly made false statements in connection with a securities offering,...

US v. Cerna

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
Defendant's conviction for illegal reentry into the U.S. is vacated where: 1) the district court's factual finding that defendant knowingly and...

Bridgeport Guardians, Inc. v. Delmonte

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff-police officers' appeal from a denial of their motion to intervene in a Title VII action filed by African-American officers, the order is...

Oneida Indian Nation v. Madison Cty.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In an action by the Oneida Indian Nation of New York (the "OIN") against Madison and Oneida Counties to enjoin them from foreclosing on OIN-owned...

Greenwich Fin. Servs. Distressed Mortgage Fund 3 LLC v. Countrywide Fin. Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Property Law & Real Estate, Securities Law
In defendants' appeal from the district court's grant of plaintiffs' motion to remand plaintiffs' securities class action to state court, the appeal...

Guest v. Hansen

Civil Procedure, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action based on a snowmobile crash on defendant college's property, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) an...

Harrington v. Atlantic Sounding Co.

Admiralty, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a personal injury action arising out of injuries sustained by plaintiff-seaman, the district court's order denying defendants' motion to dismiss...

Lora v. O'Heaney

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action based on abuse plaintiff allegedly suffered while in a correctional facility, defendants' appeal from the denial of...

Shabaj v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's order removing petitioner from the U.S., the petition is denied where petitioner's removal order was premised on...

Rosario v. Ercole

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a murder prosecution, the denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where the trial court conducted a thorough hearing, assessing the...