United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Abiodun

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentences for fraud and fraud-related offenses are affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded where: 1) the district court incorrectly calculated...

Rodriguez v. Miller

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In matter involving petitioner's claim of lack of public trial following a conviction for sale of cocaine, denial of habeas relief is affirmed where...

Amalfitano v. Rosenberg

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, White Collar Crime
The following questions are certified to the New York State Court of Appeals where no New York court has addressed the question of whether an...

Israel v. Chabra

Commercial Law, Contracts, Debt Collection, Labor & Employment Law
In a claim for a bonus promised to plaintiffs and personally guaranteed to them by defendant-corporation's CEO, a question is certified to the New...

US v. Valentine

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a prosecution for being a felon in possession of a firearm, denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained from his car and residence...

US v. Klump

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction for drug- and firearm-related offenses is affirmed over claims of error that the search warrant pursuant to which evidence was seized was...

Cartoon Network, LP v. CSC Holdings, Inc.

Communications Law, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Media Law
Summary judgment for plaintiff television studios is reversed and district court's injunction against defendant Cablevision is vacated where the...

US v. Gray

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Reckless endangerment, in violation of N.Y. Penal Law section 120.25, is not a "crime of violence" under U.S.S.G. section 4B1.2(a)(2). (Amended...

Arar v. Ashcroft

Government Law, Immigration Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In an action brought by Syrian-and-Canadian dual citizen plaintiff alleging he was mistreated by U.S. officials in the U.S. and removed to Syria with...

Jaramillo v. Weyerhaeuser Co.

Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an appeal from summary judgment dismissing a strict liability action brought by injured worker plaintiff against defendant former owner of injuring...