United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Peralta-Taveras v. Gonzales

Immigration Law
Petition for review of denial of applications for waiver of deportation under former section 212(c) of the INA, and cancellation of removal under...

Fox Television Stations, Inc. v. FCC

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Media Law
Order issuing notices of apparent liability against two of petitioner Fox's broadcasts for violating the respondent FCC's indecency regime is vacated...

Gagliardo v. Arlington Cent. Sch. Dist.

Education Law
In suit under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act for reimbursement of tuition expenses incurred in educating their child at a private...

Gorman v. Consolidated Edison Corp.

Labor & Employment Law
In suit by employees seeking payment of wages for activities incident to the start and end of the work day, dismissal of claims asserted under the...

US v. Matera

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
In case involving the Gambino Organized Crime Family, convictions and sentences for participation in an enterprise constituting a Racketeer Influenced...

Sussman v. Crawford

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Motion for stay of order and judgment of the district court denying plaintiff's request for a preliminary injunction compelling defendants to allow a...

U.S. v. Triumph Capital Group, Inc.

Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction and sentence for bribery, fraud, money-laundering, and false-statement charges, for defendant's role in former Treasurer of the State of...

Grace v. Corbis-Sygma

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
In case involving dispute between distinguished photographer and his agents over lost photographic images, money judgment for plaintiff after bench...

US v. Rigas

Criminal Law & Procedure, Securities Law, Sentencing
In the case involving the securities fraud conspiracy of Timothy and John Rigas, former owners of Adelphia Communications, convictions and sentences...

In Re: Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether Prod. Liab. Litig.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law, Product Liability, Water Law
In suits originally filed by California and New Hampshire in their respective state courts against corporations that manufactured, refined, marketed,...