United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

In Re: Johns-Manville Corp.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
Motion to dismiss cross-appeal in No.06-2320-bk is granted as, whether or not the time limit for a cross-appeal is jurisdictional, the time limit must...

Reliance Ins. Co. v. Polyvision Corp.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law
Dismissal on ground that plaintiff's claims against defendant were time-barred raises undecided question of New York law which is certified to the New...

Sahu v. Union Carbide Corp.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, International Law
Appeal from grant of partial summary judgment for defendants is dismissed for lack of appellate jurisdiction.

Ibeto Petrochemical Indus., Ltd. v. M/T Beffen

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Environmental Law, Insurance Law, International Law, Oil and Gas Law
Order granting defendants' motions to compel arbitration, to stay action, and to enjoin an action between the same parties pending in Nigeria, is...

Arlio v. Lively

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment for plaintiff on claim of retaliatory suspension, in case alleging the acting chief of police, a Republican, suspended plaintiff on...

Zhong v. US Dep't of Justice

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Immigration Law
Denial of application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture is vacated to the extent some of the IJ's...

Desiano v. Warner Lambert Co.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In case alleging injuries caused by the drug Rezulin, grant of judgment on the pleadings for defendants, finding Michigan plaintiffs' claims were...

Robert Lewis Rosen Assocs. v. Webb

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Sports Law
Order awarding plaintiff a supplemental judgment for additional payments originally awarded during underlying arbitration proceedings and previously...

Morris v. Schroder Capital Mgmt. Int'l

Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of complaint for failure to state a claim for involuntary termination under the New York common law employee choice doctrine is affirmed as...

Locascio v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Denial of petitioner's amended motion to vacate, set aside or correct his sentence under 28 U.S.C. section 2255 is affirmed where the district court...