United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Woods v. Empire Health Choice, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Insurance Law
In a private cause of action brought under the Medicare Secondary Payer statute, district court judgment dismissing plaintiff's claim is affirmed...

Hobson v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.

ERISA, Insurance Law
District Court judgment dismissing plaintiff's challenge to her ERISA plan administrator's denial of her claim for long-term disability benefits is...

Iqbal v. Ashcroft

Civil Procedure
On remand from the Supreme Court of the United States, the matter is remanded to the district court for further proceedings in light of the Court's...

Spagnola v. The Chubb Corp.

Class Actions, Contracts, Insurance Law
In a breach of contract class action involving homeowner-s insurance premiums, district court's grant of defendant's motion to dismiss is reversed...

Finigan v. Marshall

Civil Rights
District court judgment denying qualified immunity in a 42 U.S.C. sec. 1983 false arrest action is vacated and remanded where defendant had probable...

Rescuecom Corp. v. Google, Inc.

Commercial Law, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In an action for for trademark infringement, false designation of origin, and dilution under the Lanham Act, district court's dismissal for failure to...

Iqbal v. Ashcroft

Civil Procedure
On remand from the Supreme Court of the United States, the matter is remanded to the district court for further proceedings in light of the Court's...

Rescuecom Corp. v. Google, Inc.

Commercial Law, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In an action for for trademark infringement, false designation of origin, and dilution under the Lanham Act, district court's dismissal for failure to...

Zakrzewska v. The New School

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Question of whether the Faragher-Ellerth affirmative defense to employer liability applies to sexual harassment and retaliation claims under the New...

Hallingby v. Hallingby

ERISA, Family Law
District court judgment dismissing action to enforce divorce settlement provision for waiver of spouse-survivor benefits is vacated and remanded where...