United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Reiseck v. Universal Comms. of Miami, Inc.

Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging sex discrimination and failure to pay overtime wages, summary judgment for defendants is vacated in part and the matter is...

Morrison v. New York

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Health Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action based on plaintiff's detention at a hospital based on a finding by hospital staff that there was reasonable cause...

Trust for the Cert. Holders of the Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc. v. Love Funding Corp.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Debt Collection, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Judgement Enforcement, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action for breach of a mortgage loan purchase agreement, judgment for defendant based on the district court's finding that the action was...

APL Co. Pte. Ltd. v. Blue Water Shipping U.S. Inc.

Admiralty, Commercial Law, Contracts, Remedies, Transportation
In an action for breach of contract based on expenses related to cargo shipped as agreed but left uncollected by its owner at the dock, judgment for...

Kiobel v. Millson

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Oil and Gas Law, Sanctions
In an appeal from an order pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 11 sanctioning defense counsel for making factual representations that lacked evidentiary...

Burg v. Gosselin

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against a canine control officer regarding defendant's issuance of a summons due to complaints about plaintiff's...

US v. Guzman

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In the government's appeal from a dismissal of defendants' indictments for failing to register as sex offenders under the Sex Offender Registration...

US v. Reeves

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's child pornography conviction is vacated where a condition of defendant's supervised release that obligated him, upon entry into a...

Garraway v. Phillips

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a murder prosecution, a denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where, as a matter of law, petitioner forfeited his objection to the...

US v. Payne

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's RICO and drug conspiracy convictions are affirmed where: 1) because 18 U.S.C. section 1959(a)(1) provided that a person who "murders" in...