United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

COMT'Y TELEVISION SYS., INC. v. CARUSO

Communications Law
Where an alleged violation of the Federal Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. section 605(a), arises from the use of a cable-signal descrambling device, a...

THOMPSON v. CARTER

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
Dismissal of pro se plaintiff-s three consolidated civil rights complaints pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1997e(e), because he failed to allege that he...

SANCHEZ v. DUNCAN

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Where: (1) the defendant was present in the courtroom for the entire jury selection process; (2) defense counsel participated in all bench...

KRUMAN v. CHRISTIE'S INT'L PLC

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Class Actions
The Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act of 1982 does not alter the rule announced in National Bank of Canada v. Interbank Card Assoc., 666 F.2d...

BROWN v. ARTUZ

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
State court's decision to close the courtroom during the testimony of an undercover officer, in a in "buy and bust" case where the officer continued...

KRUMAN v. CHRISTIE'S INT'L PLC

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Class Actions
The Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act of 1982 does not alter the rule announced in National Bank of Canada v. Interbank Card Assoc., 666 F.2d...

BROWN v. ARTUZ

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
State court's decision to close the courtroom during the testimony of an undercover officer, in a in "buy and bust" case where the officer continued...

MCCARTHY v. AMERICAN INT'L GROUP, INC.

Insurance Law
Under the terms of insurance policy, the date of injury to which plaintiff's notice of claim related, and whether that date fell within the period...

LAUDER v. FIRST UNUM LIFE INS. CO.

ERISA, Insurance Law
Where insurer had documentation of insured's disability, but for its own internal convenience did not investigate her claim at the time of her...

DENSBERGER v. UNITED TECH. CORP.

Government Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Because the Connecticut Products Liability Act does not expressly prohibit post-sale liability for negligent failure to warn, the negligence-based...