United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

EDELMAN v. TAITTINGER

Civil Procedure, International Law, Securities Law
Because a foreign national temporarily in the United States is subject to being subpoenaed and deposed here as an aid to ongoing securities litigation...

US v. FLAHARTY

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In multiple appeals from conspiracy and drug convictions, 1) limitation on cross-examination, as to a witness's role in a murder, was correct, 2) jury...

WOLF v YAMIN

Legal Malpractice, Remedies
In an appeal from a district court's setting aside a jury award of punitive damages in an attorney malpractice action, the question, whether a...

CAIOLA v. CITIBANK, N.A.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
Shares and options were purchased on investor's behalf, and cash-settled over-the-counter options are "securities" under the Securities Exchange Act...

ELTAYIB v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Certificate of appealability, to challenge order denying motion to reopen the time to appeal in a proceeding to vacate a conviction, denied, where...

JIN v METRO. LIFE INS. CO.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an employee's claim that she was sexually harassed by her supervisor, the jury should have been allowed to consider as "tangible employment...

IN RE: DREW V. TIDWELL

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
An order of disbarment, based on a lawyer's felony conviction, did not violate due process under the circumstances, where it was entered automatically...

YUNG v WALKER

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
A grant of a conditional writ of habeas corpus, challenging the closure of defendant's trial to relatives during the testimony of an undercover...

TIMES MIRROR MAGAZINE, INC. v FIELD & STREAM LICENSES CO.

Intellectual Property, Trademark
Agreements for trademark use did not leave a magazine publisher with a residual trademark right in hunting, fishing, and camping goods, and the...

ELTAYIB v US

Criminal Law & Procedure
A certificate of appealability, to challenge an order denying a motion to reopen the time to appeal in a proceeding to vacate a conviction, is denied...