United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. SHUSTER

Criminal Law & Procedure, Securities Law, Sentencing, White Collar Crime
Defendant's sentence of six years of imprisonment for securities fraud and money-laundering offenses is affirmed over government's claims that the...

POSTLEWAITE v. MCGRAW-HILL, INC.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Media Law
District court's collateral estoppel ruling, that a prior judgment confirming an arbitration award in favor of defendant against plaintiffs...

HENRIETTA D. v. BLOOMBERG

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Remedies
The ADA and the Rehabilitation Act ("Acts") make states liable for the failure of their delegates to comply with requirements of the Acts. Injunctive...

US v. SMITH

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's family circumstances were not of extraordinary nature, and therefore did not justify a downward departure under the U.S.S.G.

THE BRONX HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH v. BD. OF EDUC. OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

Constitutional Law, Education Law
Order enjoining defendants from enforcing the Board's Standard Operating Procedure section 5.11, so as to deny plaintiffs' application to rent space...

US v. MADRIGAL

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US EX REL. PERLER v. PAPANDON

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Tax Law
Taxpayers who used a daisy chain scheme to evade gasoline excise taxes may be held jointly and severally liable under state partnership law, for...

US v. OBEROI

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
The district court abused its discretion by accepting a witness' consent as a sufficient basis for denying the Public Defender's motion to withdraw.

O'BERT v. VARGO

Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action alleging unlawful entry and use of excessive force, an order denying defendant officer's Rule 59(e) motion for summary judgment based on...

SECAIDA-ROSALES v. INS

Immigration Law
Immigration Judge erred as a matter of law by relying on a number of improper grounds, and by holding plaintiff to inappropriately high evidentiary...