United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Ragone v. Atlantic Video

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a sexual harassment action, dismissal of the complaint and a grant of defendant's motion to compel arbitration are affirmed where: 1) the fact that...

Ascencio-Rodriguez v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's order denying petitioner's application for cancellation of removal but granting his request for voluntary...

DeRosa v. Nat'l. Envelope Corp.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging discrimination on account of a medical disability, summary judgment for defendant is vacated where plaintiff's statements on his...

McDaniel v. Schenectady

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In plaintiffs' appeal from an attorney's fee award in a class action challenging defendant-county's strip search policy, the award is affirmed where...

Operating Local 649 Annuity Trust Fund v. Smith Barney Fund Mgmt. LLC

Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a securities fraud action alleging that defendant negotiated a contract for transfer agent services that saddled plaintiffs with excessive,...

Zabala v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Petition for review of the Social Security Commissioner's denial of petitioner's application for Supplemental Security Income is denied where,...

Bolmer v. Oliveira

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action based on plaintiff's involuntary commitment, denial of summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) the...

Gildernew v. Quarantillo

Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
In an action seeking a declaratory judgment that plaintiff, an Irish national, was entitled to naturalize in the U.S., summary judgment for defendant...

Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc. v. City of N.Y.

Commercial Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a group of billboard owners' First Amendment challenge to provisions of New York City's Zoning Resolution, summary judgment for defendants is...

In re: Zyprexa Prods. Liab. Litig.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Remedies
In a drug defect product liability litigation, appellant-law firm's interlocutory appeal from the district court's order finding that all of...