United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Ricciuti v. Gyzenis

Labor & Employment Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a labor and employment action, arising after plaintiff was allegedly fired in retaliation for speaking to local officials about her police...

Kovaco v. Rockbestos-Suprenant Cable Corp.

Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by a maintenance worker against his former employer, alleging that he was terminated in violation of the Americans with...

Georges v. United Nations

Class Actions, International Law
In a putative class action, seeking to hold defendant UN officials responsible for plaintiffs' injuries resulting from the UN's role in Haiti's...

US v. Stevenson

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure, Asset Forfeiture
Sentence, order of forfeiture and order designating defendant's contributions to the New York State pension fund as a substitute asset for forfeiture,...

US v. Lange

Criminal Law & Procedure
Convictions for conspiracy and securities fraud are: 1) affirmed in part as to the convictions of Russel and Kristofor; 2) reversed in part as to...

Mago Int'l, LLC v. LHB AG

Transportation, Contracts
In an international food sales contract case, in which a central question is whether plaintiff complied with terms of a standby letter of credit...

Doscher v. Sea Port

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a case arising from the dismissal of a petition to vacate a final arbitral award under section 10 of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), 9 U.S.C....

Doe v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a case involving a former criminal defendant's attempt to expunge her sentence and conviction of health care fraud, the District Court order...

MacDermid Printing Sols. LLC v. Cortron Corp.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation
In an action brought under section of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. section 1, alleging violations of federal and state antitrust laws, breach of...

Tapper v Hearn

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Elections
In a suit challenging the constitutionality of New York City's 'pay to play' campaign finance provisions, the District Court's denial of plaintiffs'...