United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Lesterhuis v. Colvin

Government Benefits
In a Social Security disability action seeking review of the administrative law judge (ALJ)'s denial of plaintiff's application for benefits, the...

ALLCO v. Klee

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Environmental Law, Public Utilities
In an action challenging the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's award of two wholesale renewable energy contracts for...

Gomez v. City of New York

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In a civil action alleging assorted constitutional violations stemming from plaintiff's arrest and detention, the district court's denial of...

Uzoukwu v. Krawiecki

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging false arrest and excessive force by defendant police officers, the district court's judgment entering the...

Thea v. Kleinhandler

Civil Procedure, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In an action brought by plaintiff step-children seeking to enforce a contractual estate planning agreement between defendant step-mother and...

Atterbury v. U.S. Marshals Service

Administrative Law, Government Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment action challenging plaintiff's dismissal as a contract court security officer by defendant U.S. Marshals Service, the district...

Morales-Santana v. Lynch

Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
In a petition seeking review of the Board of Immigration Appeal (BIA)'s decision denying petitioner's motion to reopen his removal proceedings, the...

Keeling v. Hars

Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In a copyright action seeking to enforce plaintiff's copyright in Point Break Live, an unauthorized parody stage adaptation of the 1991 movie Point...

Franklin v. McHugh

Judges & Judiciary, Military Law
In an action brought by a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve seeking correction of his military records, a retroactive promotion, and...

Lora v. Shanahan

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Immigration Law
In a habeas corpus action challenging petitioner's mandatory detention by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) pending his removal proceedings,...