United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. FELICIANO (BROWN)

Criminal Law & Procedure
Under USSG 5G1.3(c), a federal court may sentence a defendant concurrently with unrelated state sentences even if they are consolidated for sentencing...

MAURIZIO v. GOLDSMITH

Intellectual Property
Breach of contract litigation in state court alleging joint authorship of a book will not toll the statute of limitations for subsequent copyright...

TELLIER v. SCOTT

Civil Rights
28 CFR 541.22, which allows a prison warden to place a prisoner in Special Housing Units but requires hearings to keep a prisoner there, creates a...

PALAZZO v. CORIO

Civil Procedure
For diversity purposes, evidence that defendant paid in-state tuition for New York college, was registered to vote in New York, filed a New York tax...

US v. GITTEN

Criminal Law & Procedure
A court may sentence defendant for being a deported alien convicted of an aggravated felony, under the 1998 Sentencing Guidelines, for felonies that...

US v. HAN

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
A defendant who knowingly crossed state lines with an expectation of having sex with a minor, after attempting to solicit a minor for sex, was...

HARTFORD FIRE INS. CO. v ORIENT OVERSEAS CONTAINERS LINES (UK) LTD.

Admiralty
The Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 46 USC 1300 et seq., does not apply to goods lost while transported by truck, when the overland transport segment on...

AERONAUTICAL INDUS. v. UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP.

Labor & Employment Law
Collective bargaining agreement stating that disputes over bargaining unit work would be submitted to an Executive Steering Committee for final...

SEC v. BRENNAN

Bankruptcy Law, Securities Law
An order obtained by the SEC requiring defendant, who is a debtor in bankruptcy, to repatriate the assets of an offshore asset protection trust and...