United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

ELEC. INSPECTORS, INC. v. VILLAGE OF E. HILLS

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Contracts, Government Law
The state-action immunity doctrine does not shield a municipality and a private corporation from alleged federal antitrust-law violations, resulting...

PHILLIP v. UNIV. OF ROCHESTER

Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law
The equal benefit clause of 42 U.S.C. section 1981(a) does not require state action, and students' allegations stated a claim that private university...

FORD v. REYNOLDS

Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law
The district court must consider qualified immunity issues in claims against college officials in their individual capacities, arising from...

MANDELL v. THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of Title VII claims is reversed where based on evidence submitted in support of plaintiff's prima facie case and on evidence of pretext, a...

WHITLEY v. SENKOWSKI

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
A district court judgment denying a 28 U.S.C. section 2254 petition as time-barred is vacated and remanded for decision as a matter of fact whether...

DARDANA LTD. v. A.O. YUGANSKNEFTEGAZ

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, International Law
Dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction is vacated, and an action seeking to confirm awards under the Convention on the Recognition and...

PATSY'S BRAND, INC. v. I.O.B. REALTY, INC.

Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark, Remedies, Trade Dress
Based on the eight-factor likelihood of confusion test, defendants infringed a trademark and trade dress, but injunction should be modified to permit...

US v. QUINONES

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
This Circuit's prior decision, reversing a district court order declaring capital punishment unconstitutional, properly analyzed the issue presented...

SAKS v. FRANKLIN COVEY CO.

Civil Rights, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
A self-insured health benefits plan's exclusion of surgical impregnation procedures did not fall within the purview of the Pregnancy Discrimination...

ANDERSON v. GOORD

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
New York prison officials were not entitled to qualified immunity in civil rights claims arising from revocation of an inmate's long-term, full-time...