United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Krauss v. Oxford Health Plans, Inc.

Civil Rights, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In action against health insurance plans alleging violations of ERISA and the Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act, summary judgment for defendants is...

ITC Ltd. v. Punchgini, Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, False Advertising, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In case involving dispute over a mark for restaurant services, summary judgment for defendants on plaintiffs' state claim for unfair competition is...

Rolon v. Henneman

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case principally concerning immunity of defendant, an acting police chief, for offering allegedly perjurious testimony at police disciplinary...

Adams v. Suozzi

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case involving defendant county's "lag payroll" procedure on plaintiffs' paychecks, summary judgment for plaintiffs is reversed as: 1) defendants...

US v. Schulz

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Tax Law
Order under 26 U.S.C. section 7408 permanently enjoining defendants from violating 26 U.S.C. sections 6700 and 6701, based on their distribution of...

Vietnam Ass'n for Victims of Agent Orange v. Dow Chem. Co.

Class Actions, Government Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Product Liability
Dismissal of action brought by a purported class of Vietnamese nationals under the Alien Tort Statute for injuries allegedly sustained by their...

Isaacson v. Dow Chem. Co.

Civil Procedure, Government Contracts, Government Law, Military Law, Product Liability
In multidistrict litigation involving seven of sixteen cases where plaintiffs alleged violations of state law by chemical companies who contracted...

In re "Agent Orange" Prod. Liability Litigation

Government Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law, Product Liability
In a case brought by U.S. military veterans and their relatives alleging injuries and cancer were caused by exposure to Agent Orange and related...

Maloney v. US

Civil Rights, Government Benefits
In action alleging violation of the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, dismissal of complaint is affirmed where the Age Discrimination Act does not apply...

Silva v. Mukasey

Immigration Law
Denial of motion to reopen and rescind an in absentia order of removal is vacated where the BIA improperly applied a strong presumption of receipt of...