United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Frankel

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sanctions
In a wire fraud prosecution, the court of appeals' prior order relieving appointed counsel as a sanction for defendant's misconduct is vacated where...

Tuccio v. Marconi

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming that a town selectman violated plaintiff's right to petition the government under the First Amendment by...

Turkmen v. Ashcroft

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Immigration Law
In an action claiming abuse, mistreatment, and detention of Arab and Muslim aliens who were held on immigration violations in the wake of the...

US v. Hester

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's conviction for traveling in interstate commerce and failing to register or update his sex offender registration in violation of the Sex...

Richard S. v. Carpinello

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a habeas petition seeking release from involuntary confinement in a psychiatric hospital, the denial of the petition is affirmed where the...

Lynch v. N.Y.

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In an action challenging the constitutionality of a New York Police Department (NYPD) policy that required that a breathalyzer test be administered to...

WWBITV, Inc. v. Vill. of Rouses Point

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action arising out of the demolition of plaintiffs' building by defendant village after a fire, summary judgment for...

United Transp. Union v. Nat'l. R.R. Passenger Corp.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In defendant-Amtrak's appeal from an order setting aside an award issued by a special adjustment board constituted pursuant to the Railway Labor Act...

Sacirbey v. Guccione

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, International Law
In a habeas petition challenging an order extraditing plaintiff to Bosnia, denial of the petition is reversed where the relevant arrest warrant was...

Pierre v. Holder

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's order removing petitioner from the U.S. for committing an aggravated felony, the petition is granted where: 1)...