United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Hicks v. Baines

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII action based on defendants' alleged retaliation against plaintiffs for their complaints regarding workplace discrimination, summary...

Account Servs. Corp. v. US

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a corporation's appeal from the district court's order holding it in contempt for failing to comply with a subpoena for corporate records, the...

NGM Ins. Co. v. Blakely Pumping, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an action by an insurer seeking a declaration that it was not obligated to defend its insured in a personal injury action, summary judgment for...

Azize v. Bureau of Citizenship & Imm. Servs.

Administrative Law, Evidence, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of a BIA order denying an application for cancellation of removal claiming that petitioner was improperly denied an...

Keach v. Cty. of Schenectady

Attorney's Fees, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
In an appeal from a district court's order denying plaintiff's motion to recuse the district judge, the appeal is dismissed where the district court...

US v. Rossi

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In an insurance fraud prosecution, the district court's amended restitution order is affirmed where the provisions of the governing statute in this...

Bolarinwa v. Williams

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Health Law
In a murder prosecution, dismissal of petitioner's habeas petition as untimely is vacated where petitioner's mental illness could serve as a ground...

Farid v. Ellen

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a prisoner's challenge to a prison's rules regarding contraband and smuggling as applied to a pamphlet he possessed, summary judgment for...

Hayden v. Pataki

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Elections
In a Due Process and Equal Protection Clause challenge to New York's felon disenfranchisement laws, judgment on the pleadings for defendants is...

Bounds v. Pine Belt Mental Health Care Resources

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a product liability action based on injuries plaintiff allegedly sustained by taking defendant's drug, the district court's order dismissing...