United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

ReAmerica, S.A. v. Wells Fargo Bank Int'l

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a dispute involving fraudulent wire transfers, district court grant of summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff's action is...

Browne v. Green

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
District court judgment denying a petition for habeas corpus relief is affirmed where the state court's rejection of plaintiff's ineffective...

Jacobs v. New York Foundling Hospital

Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a dispute involving the denial of overtime pay, district court grant of summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where defendant is not obligated...

County of Nassau, NY v. Hotels.com, LP

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Cyberspace Law, Tax Law
In a dispute involving hotel taxes, district court judgment is vacated and remanded for a further jurisidictional determination as there are...

Finkel v. Romanowicz

Commercial Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a breach of fiduciary duty action brought under ERISA, district court judgment is affirmed in part and reversed in part where: 1) plaintiff failed...

Local 917, International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. NLRB

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Labor & Employment Law
Petition for review of a decision of the NLRB is denied where the Board properly ruled that plaintiff's effort to enforce the work preservation clause...

Dean v. Blumenthal

Constitutional Law, Elections
In a First Amendment challenge to a prohibition on contributions by certain law-firm employees to candidates for Connecticut Attorney General,...

US v. Freeman

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence for receipt of child pornography is affirmed where the district court did not err in imposing a four-level enhancement for the possession of...

Henry v. Ricks

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
District court judgment denying a petition for habeas relief is affirmed where: 1) recent decisions by the New York Court of Appeals announcing a...

Green Island Power Authority v. FERC

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure
Petition for review of several orders and notices issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission during the proceedings to relicense the School...