United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

New York Civil Liberties Union v. Grandeau

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law
In a First Amendment case stemming from a state lobbying commission's inquiry into whether plaintiff-organization incurred reportable lobbying...

Leng v. Mukasey

Evidence, Immigration Law
In order to establish eligibility for relief based exclusively on activities undertaken after his arrival in the United States, an alien must make...

US v. Thompson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
In a prosecution for various offenses related to a narcotics trafficking conspiracy and use of firearms in connection therewith, defendants'...

Burke v. Hamilton Equip. Installers, Inc.

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Remedies
Judgment finding one corporation not liable for the ERISA debt liability of another corporation is affirmed where the underlying relationship between...

Rubens v. Mason

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In an attorney malpractice suit, summary judgment for attorney-defendants is vacated and remanded where the district judge appeared to have focused...

Ollman v. Special Bd. of Adjustment No. 1063

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In an action instituted by a plaintiff-employee alleging that his former employer, labor union, and a special board of adjustment violated the Railway...

Channer v. Dep't of Homeland Sec.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
Petition for review of a removal order on grounds that principles of res judicata barred the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") from relitigating...

US v. Habbas

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendants' convictions for obstructing a federal grand jury investigation, conspiracy to make false statements to U.S. government officials, and...

Doninger v. Niehoff

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law, Education Law, Remedies
In proceedings involving an application to preliminarily enjoin a public high school's decision, which disqualified plaintiff's daughter from running...

In re: Bd. of Dir. of Telecom Argentina, S.A.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Corp. Governance, Evidence, International Law, Judgement Enforcement
In a case involving an investor's challenges to a major Argentine telecommunications company's financial restructuring plan, the judgment is affirmed...