United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Cent. States Health & Welfare Fund v. Merck-Medco Managed Care

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corp. Governance, Drugs & Biotech, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
District court judgment: 1) denying a motion to intervene pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA); 2) certifying the class...

Pennyfeather v. Tessler

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint alleging that defendant disclosed plaintiff's name, address, work schedule, and social security number during an...

US v. Phillips

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for sexual exploitation of a minor is vacated and remanded pursuant where the district court's fact-finding was deficient as to a...

Zapata v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of defendant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus based on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel is vacated and remanded for fact...

Lin v. US Dep't of Justice

Immigration Law, International Law
Petition for review of denial of relief under the United Nations Convention Against Torture is denied where petitioner presented no particularized...

Fowlkes v. Adamec

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Benefits
Social security benefits may be suspended only as of the date of a warrant or order issued by a court or other authorized tribunal on the basis of a...

Regatos v. North Fork Bank

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts
District court's award for plaintiff in principal and prejudgment interest pursuant to a jury verdict is affirmed pursuant to dispositive answers to...

Brody v. Village of Port Chester

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Construction, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment for defendant-municipality in an eminent domain case is vacated where the means and content of notice mandated by section 204 of New...

US v. Robinson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Grant of motion for new trial, setting aside a jury's finding of guilt on two counts of conviction on drug offenses is affirmed where the government...

Omnipoint Communications, Inc. v. City of White Plains

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Construction, Property Law & Real Estate
Grant of summary judgment for plaintiff on claims of violations of the Federal Telecommunications Act arising from defendant's denial of a permit to...