United States Second Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Binday

Criminal Law & Procedure, Insurance Law
Convictions for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to obstruct justice stemming from a stranger-oriented...

Shamir v. City of New York

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging false arrest and use of excessive force, the district court's dismissal of plaintiff's complaint under...

United Brotherhood of Carpenters v. Tappan Zee Constructors

Construction, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In an arbitration action seeking to reverse an arbitrator's award of certain construction work on the Tappan Zee Hudson River Crossing Project, the...

The Anderson Group v. City of Saratoga Springs

Civil Rights, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an action alleging that defendant's housing policies perpetuated racial discrimination and had a disparate impact on African American families, in...

N.Y. State Rifle and Pistol Ass'n v. Cuomo

Constitutional Law
In a consolidated action challenging the constitutionality of New York's Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act, 2013 N.Y. Laws 1, and...

Davis v. N.Y.C. Dept. of Educ.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging disability discrimination in the award of teacher performance bonuses at a New York City public school, the district court's...

Authors Guild v. Google, Inc.

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In a copyright infringement action contending that Google's Library Project and Google Books project infringe on the copyrights of plaintiff authors,...

Cadle Co. v. Fletcher

Civil Procedure, Judgement Enforcement
In a judgment enforcement action alleging that defendants, a married couple, transferred more than $300,000 of husband's wages to wife's bank account...

Cole-Hoover v. Richmond

Attorney's Fees
In an attorney's fee case, the motion to dismiss as untimely defendant's appeal of an order granting attorney's fees is denied where the time to file...

Baldwin v. EMI Feist Catalog, Inc.

Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property
In a copyright action brought by plaintiffs seeking to terminate defendant's copyright grant to the song "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town," the district...