United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. DeAndrade

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Defendant's drug conspiracy conviction and sentence are affirmed where: 1) a brief and fleeting comment on the defendant's incarceration during trial,...

Alexander v. Cahill

Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, False Advertising, Injury & Tort Law
In a First Amendment challenge to attorney advertising rules issued by the New York Appellate Division barring, inter alia, testimonials from clients...

Huth v. Haslun

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming that defendants, who were employees of the New York State Thruway Authority, violated plaintiff's rights under the First...

US v. Awad

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In defendants' appeal from an order of criminal forfeiture against defendants pursuant to 21 U.S.C. section 853, the order is affirmed where section...

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. v. VCG Special Opportunities Master Fund Ltd.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Remedies, Securities Law
In an appeal from a district court's order granting plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction and enjoining defendant from proceeding with an...

Cameron v. N.Y.

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In an action for false arrest and malicious prosecution, judgment for defendant-officers is reversed where: 1) prosecutors' opinions as to probable...

US v. Gardner

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendants' drug and firearm possession convictions are affirmed where, when a defendant acquires a firearm using drugs as payment, he possesses the...

TJS of N.Y., Inc. v. Smithtown

Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action seeking an injunction and declaratory judgment to the effect that defendant-town's zoning ordinance did not give plaintiff adequate...

In re: Omnicom Group, Inc. Secs. Litig.

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, M&A, Securities Law
In a securities class action alleging that defendants fraudulently accounted for a transaction, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1)...

Redd v. Wright

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action arising out of plaintiff inmate's confinement in tuberculosis hold following his refusal to submit to tuberculosis...