United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

SEVENCAN v. HERBERT

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
The trial court's refusal to except defendant's wife from a properly entered limited courtroom closure order did not violate his Sixth Amendment...

TORRES v. SENKOWSKI

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) requirement, that successive habeas applications be authorized by a court of appeals order,...

ZEISL v. WATMAN

Attorney's Fees, Banking Law, Civil Procedure, International Law
No basis exists for a finding that attorney's fees paid to lawyers, for services rendered in connection with the creation of a multi-billion dollar...

KRUELSKI v. STATE OF CONNECTICUT SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE JUDICIAL DIST. OF DANBURY

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
The Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment did not foreclose defendant's continued prosecution after a Connecticut trial court, at the close of...

BROCK v. WRIGHT

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In an inmate's claim that corrections officials failed to respond adequately to his medical condition, the inmate presented sufficient evidence that...

IN RE: LITAS INT'L, INC.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
Because the bankruptcy court failed to enter a final judgment in the underlying matter, the statutory time to appeal had never begun, and the time to...

ACEQUIP LTD. v AM. ENG'G CORP.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Nothing in the Federal Arbitration Act or Connecticut law supports defendant's argument that it is entitled to a hearing on the existence of an...

US v. MENDEZ

Criminal Law & Procedure
Evidence was properly admitted under the "inevitable discovery" exception to the exclusionary rule, where it would have been discovered in a valid...

PRATS v. THE PORT AUTH. OF NEW YORK & NEW JERSEY

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
The question whether inspections of construction work fall within the scope of New York Labor Law section 240(1) is certified to the New York Court of...

OCEAN SHIPS, INC. v. STILES

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Legal Malpractice, Remedies
In a legal malpractice claim against a lawyer who failed to perfect on time a meritorious appeal challenging personal jurisdiction, the district court...