United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Bustamante v. Napolitano

Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
In an Immigration and Nationality Act section 1447(b) action seeking to have the district court determine plaintiff's naturalization application,...

Frontera Resources Azerbaijan Corp. v. State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, International Law
In a petition to confirm a Swedish arbitral award against the government of Azerbaijan, dismissal of the petition for lack of jurisdiction is reversed...

Dunlap v. Burge

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
In a robbery prosecution, grant of petitioner's habeas petition is reversed where the district court erred in failing to accord the deference required...

Caiozzo v. Koreman

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action for deliberate indifference to a prisoner's medical needs, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where the...

Lindsay v. Ass'n. of Prof'l. Flight Attendants

Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a Railway Labor Act (RLA) action challenging the validity of a Restructuring Participation Agreement reached between plaintiff flight attendants'...

Hernandez v. Coffey

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action by a prisoner alleging that he was beaten by defendant corrections officers and denied medical treatment by...

In re: Ames Dept. Stores, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Law
In an appeal from the district court's order affirming a bankruptcy court's order applying section 502(d) of the Bankruptcy Code to disallow a request...

Vasquez v. GMD Shipyard Corp.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a personal injury action based on a fall aboard a ship, judgment for defendant is affirmed primarily as the district court had admiralty...

Droz v. McCadden

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging a false arrest, denial of summary judgment based on qualified immunity to defendant-officer is reversed...

Santoso v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's order denying petitioner's application for asylum, the petition is denied where the BIA adequately considered...