United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Savage

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence of seventy-seven months' imprisonment and three years' supervised release for possession of ammunition by a convicted felon is vacated where:...

Roberts v. Royal Atlantic Corp.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law
In a claim brought under Title III of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) which requires that altered portions of public accommodations be made...

Sokol Holdings, Inc. v. BMB Munai, Inc.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Oil and Gas Law
In a contract issue in which corporate plaintiff alleged that defendants wrongfully induced counterparty, with whom plaintiffs contracted, to breach...

Fund For Animals v. Kempthorne

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Gaming Law, Government Law
In a claim challenging defendants' Public Resource Depredation Order on the ground that it violated treaty obligations of the United States and...

In re Vincent Basciano

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Petition for writ of mandamus requesting court to order judge to recuse himself is denied where: 1) the district judge did not abuse his discretion by...

U.S. v. Eppolito

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In convictions for racketeering conspiracy in violation of Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), judgments of acquittal ordered...

Roe v. City of Waterbury

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a case involving acts of sexual abuse committed by mayor in his office, home, and city-issued police cruiser, grant of summary judgment for...

Penguin Group v. Steinbeck

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Copyright, Media Law
In an action under the Copyright Act, summary judgment for defendants, on the grounds that a notice purporting to terminate a 1938 agreement granting...

A&J Produce Corp. v. Bronx Overall Econ. Dev. Corp.

Agriculture, Government Law
In a claim concerning the distribution of proceeds received from the sale of certain assets in a statutory trust created pursuant to the Perishable...

Pachter v. Bernard Hodes Group

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a claim brought by former employee-plaintiff challenging legality of deductions under Article 6 section 193 of the New York Labor law taken by...