United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

In Re: Metromedia Fiber Network, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law
A nondebtor release in a plan of reorganization should not be approved absent the finding that truly unusual circumstances render the release terms...

Zheng v. Gonzales

Immigration Law

US v. Ayers

Criminal Law and Procedure, Sentencing

US v. Fruchter

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for mail fraud is remanded for further proceedings consistent with US v. Booker, 125 S.Ct. 739 (2005).

NLRB v. Serv. Employee's Int'l Union

Labor and Employment Law

US v. Rodriguez

Criminal Law & Procedure
To sustain a conviction for attempted illegal reentry, the government need only allege and prove a voluntary attempt to reenter the United States in...

Broadnax v. City of New Haven

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
When a defendant fails to object to jury consideration of lost wages under Title VII, the issue may be submitted to the jury for a non-advisory jury...

US v. Jones

Criminal Law & Procedure, Juvenile Law, Sentencing
The district court did not err in predicating defendant's Career Offender status on his two youthful offender adjudications.

US v. Singh

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
Defendant's conviction for knowingly transporting illegal aliens within the United States is affirmed over his claim that the Border Patrol did not...

US v. Rivera

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's convictions for unlawful possession of a firearm is affirmed over his claim that insufficient evidence supported the jury's verdict...