United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Ray

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In an appeal from an order sentencing defendant, after a fifteen-year delay, to a one-day term of imprisonment and three years of supervised release...

Kuhne v. Cohen & Slamowitz, LLP

Debt Collection
In an action under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act claiming that defendants illegally attempted to collect a debt because they were not...

Brodsky v. Nuclear Reg. Comm.

Administrative Law, Public Utilities
In a petition for review of an order of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission granting an exemption from certain fire safety regulations to an energy...

Ford v. D.C. 37 Union Local 1549

Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action for breach of a union's duty of fair representation under the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA), dismissal of the action for lack of...

Arista Records, LLC v. Launch Media, Inc.

Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property
In a copyright infringement action, an order finding that LAUNCHcast, a music webcasting service that provides users with individualized internet...

Sousa v. Roque

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by a public employee claiming that defendants retaliated against him in violation of the First Amendment for reporting workplace...

US v. Hassan

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's money laundering convictions are reversed where, although the government had abundant evidence of defendant's khat-related activities, the...

In the Matter of the App. of the N.Y. Times. Co. to Unseal Wiretap & Search Warrant Materials

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Media Law
In an appeal from a district court order granting an application by a newspaper to access sealed wiretap applications relating to the investigation of...

NLRB v. Consolidated Bus Transit, Inc.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
NLRB's petition for enforcement of its finding that respondent-employer committed an unfair labor practice by terminating an employee is granted where...

Cooper v. U.S. Postal Serv.

Constitutional Law, Government Law
In an Establishment Clause challenge to religious displays in a contract postal unit operated by a church, summary judgment for plaintiff is vacated...