2024 Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Case Law

Justia Opinion Summary: Clint Edwards, a pretrial detainee in a Westchester County Department of Corrections (WCDOC) jail, filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of his Fourteenth Amendment rights. Edwards claimed that…

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1996, E. Jean Carroll encountered Donald J. Trump at the Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan. Carroll alleged that Trump sexually abused her in a dressing room. In 2022, Trump made public statements denying…

Justia Opinion Summary: Steven M. Camburn, a former sales specialist for Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, filed a qui tam action under the False Claims Act (FCA) and equivalent state and municipal laws. Camburn alleged that Novartis…

Justia Opinion Summary: A dental hygienist brought claims for sex discrimination, retaliation, and negligence against her former employer and supervisors. She alleged that her supervisor made repeated sexual advances and harassed her throughout…

Justia Opinion Summary: John Bradley pleaded guilty in 2013 to possessing a firearm as a felon and was sentenced to three years in prison followed by three years of supervised release. In 2023, the Probation Office reported that Bradley…

Justia Opinion Summary: Randy Torres, Walston Owen, and Charles Ventura were involved in a street gang known as the Rollin’ 30s Crips. Following a jury trial, they were convicted of various offenses, including racketeering conspiracy under the…

Justia Opinion Summary: Participants in Deloitte LLP’s 401(k) retirement plan filed a class action lawsuit against the plan fiduciaries, alleging that they breached their fiduciary duty under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)…

Justia Opinion Summary: Phhhoto Inc. filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms, Inc., alleging that Meta engaged in anticompetitive practices that harmed Phhhoto's business. Phhhoto claimed that Meta's introduction of an algorithmic feed on…

Justia Opinion Summary: Two Connecticut attorneys, Mario Cerame and Timothy Moynahan, challenged Connecticut Rule of Professional Conduct 8.4(7), which prohibits harassment or discrimination by lawyers based on fifteen protected categories.…

Justia Opinion Summary: Andrew Davis was convicted of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime,…

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2016, James E. Moore, Jr., also known as Kevin Thompson, filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against corrections officer Troy Booth and four other officers at Fishkill Correctional Facility, alleging excessive…

Justia Opinion Summary: Gordon Clark, acting on his own behalf and as the executor of his late wife’s estate, filed a lawsuit against Wells Fargo, Santander Bank, and other defendants, alleging various tort claims and violations of federal law…

Justia Opinion Summary: The plaintiffs, a group of American service members and their families affected by the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, sought to enforce multi-billion-dollar judgments against Iran. They…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a challenge to New York State Environmental Conservation Law § 11-0535-a, known as the State Ivory Law, by The Art and Antique Dealers League of America, Inc. and The National Antique and Art Dealers…

Justia Opinion Summary: In August 2021, New York City’s Department of Education mandated COVID-19 vaccinations for all staff and contractors working in school settings. This mandate was updated over time, including a religious exemption…

Justia Opinion Summary: GEICO, a group of insurance companies, presented evidence that the defendants, collectively known as the Mayzenberg Defendants, paid third parties for referring patients eligible for no-fault insurance benefits to…

Justia Opinion Summary: The plaintiffs, a group of textbook authors, entered into publishing agreements with McGraw Hill, which included provisions for royalty payments based on the net receipts from sales of their textbooks. The agreements…

Justia Opinion Summary: Everod Ray Anthony Reid, a Jamaican national, petitioned for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decision affirming an Immigration Judge's (IJ) order for his removal and denial of his applications for a waiver…

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1986, Carré Sutton, a minor, moved to New York City to work as a model for Elite Models Management. Elite executive Trudi Tapscott sent Sutton to Paris to live with another Elite executive, Gérald Marie, who allegedly…

Justia Opinion Summary: Keith Schiebel, a veteran agriculture educator, brought an educational program called the "Mobile Maple Experience" to the Schoharie Central School District (SCSD) campus. Following the event, a student's mother reported…

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2014, Ed Sheeran and Amy Wadge wrote the song "Thinking Out Loud," which became a global hit. Structured Asset Sales, LLC (SAS), which owns a portion of the royalties for Marvin Gaye's 1973 song "Let’s Get It On,"…

Justia Opinion Summary: Justine Ferreira sought reimbursement from the New York City Department of Education (DOE) for her disabled son's private education during the 2019-2020 school year, claiming the DOE failed to provide a free appropriate…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Ryan M. Maher, who was convicted in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York for receiving and possessing child pornography. Maher uploaded a digital file to his Google…

Justia Opinion Summary: Three practicing Muslim men alleged that federal agents asked them to serve as informants in Muslim communities. When they refused, the agents placed or retained them on the "No Fly List" and suggested they could be…

Justia Opinion Summary: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company and State Farm Fire and Casualty Insurance Company (collectively, “State Farm”) provide automobile insurance in New York and are required to reimburse individuals injured in…

Justia Opinion Summary: A group of skilled nursing facilities in New York and Rhode Island challenged a rule promulgated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The rule allowed certain inspections of these facilities without…

Justia Opinion Summary: The State of New York, through its Attorney General, sued the Niagara-Wheatfield Central School District, alleging that school officials failed to address repeated complaints of student-on-student sexual assault,…

Justia Opinion Summary: Michael Salazar filed a putative class action against the National Basketball Association (NBA) alleging violations of the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA). Salazar claimed that he signed up for the NBA’s free online…

Justia Opinion Summary: Joe Baltas, a Connecticut state prisoner, was transferred to the Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) under the Interstate Corrections Compact. While at Red Onion State Prison (ROSP) in Virginia, Baltas alleges he…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a dispute between two companies, 1-800 Contacts, Inc. (Plaintiff-Appellant) and JAND, Inc., doing business as Warby Parker (Defendant-Appellee). 1-800 Contacts alleged that Warby Parker used its…

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2008, Charles Anthony Giovinco pleaded guilty to enticement of a minor and possession of child pornography. He received concurrent sentences of 235 months for enticement and 120 months for possession. The First Step…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a challenge to New York City's Guaranty Law, which was enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The law rendered personal guaranties of commercial lease obligations arising between March 7, 2020,…

Justia Opinion Summary: A former public school principal in Brooklyn, New York, brought a lawsuit against the New York City Department of Education (DOE) and its former chancellor, alleging retaliation after she complained about racially…

Justia Opinion Summary: In December 2019, the defendant and a co-conspirator robbed a woman in a Bronx hotel room, taking $4,000 in cash, credit cards, cell phones, and a watch. The victim, a prostitute, had earned the cash through her…

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2020, East Fork Funding LLC filed a quiet title action against U.S. Bank, N.A., regarding a mortgage recorded against East Fork’s property. The mortgage had been subject to three foreclosure actions, two of which were…

Justia Opinion Summary: Reporters from Bloomberg L.P. and Dow Jones & Company, Inc. requested aggregated, anonymized change-of-address (COA) data from the United States Postal Service (USPS) under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). They…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the defendant was involved in a scheme to defraud the City of West Haven, Connecticut, of COVID-19 relief funds. The defendant, along with co-conspirators, submitted fraudulent invoices for equipment and…

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant Varian Lefebvre pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl and possession of a firearm after a prior felony conviction. The case began when Vermont State Police responded…

Justia Opinion Summary: A coalition of organizations and individuals, led by the Chinese American Citizens Alliance of Greater New York, filed a lawsuit against New York City's Mayor and Department of Education Chancellor. They challenged the…

Justia Opinion Summary: Eric Tompkins was convicted of failing to register as a sex offender and possessing child pornography. During his arrest, a Samsung cellular phone with an SD card was seized. A search warrant was obtained to examine the…

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff Michelle Rubin applied for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits in 2019, citing major depressive disorder as her disabling condition. An administrative law judge (ALJ) denied her claim, concluding that…

Justia Opinion Summary: American Girl, LLC, a manufacturer of dolls and related products, sued Zembrka, a Chinese entity operating through websites, for selling counterfeit American Girl products. American Girl alleged that Zembrka's websites…

Justia Opinion Summary: Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York of conspiracy to transport minors with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, transportation of a minor…

Justia Opinion Summary: Bessy Orbelina Castellanos-Ventura, a citizen of Honduras, sought asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT) in the United States. She claimed past persecution due to her…

Justia Opinion Summary: Manuel Antonio Suquilanda was convicted of unlawfully reentering the United States after being deported, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. He challenged his conviction on two grounds: first, that the initial removal…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Plaintiff-Appellant Joel J. Malek, who filed a complaint alleging that Defendants-Appellees, including Leonard Feigenbaum and AXA Equitable Life Insurance Co., engaged in a deceptive marketing scheme to…

Justia Opinion Summary: A former chauffeur, Hyunhuy Nam, filed a lawsuit against the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations, alleging violations of federal, state, and city wage-and-hour and anti-discrimination laws.…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, Denise Kemp, a manager at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., worked remotely in June 2016 to care for her child with a serious medical condition. Regeneron then restricted her remote work to one day per week…

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2019, Joseph Srour was denied a permit to possess rifles and shotguns in his home by the New York City Police Department (NYPD) License Division. Srour subsequently filed a lawsuit seeking injunctive, declaratory, and…

Justia Opinion Summary: Rickey Johnson was convicted of making threatening interstate communications and threatening U.S. officials. He posted videos and sent messages on Instagram threatening Fox News hosts Greg Gutfeld and Laura Ingraham,…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a dispute over fees related to contracts between independent solar generators (the plaintiffs) and National Grid USA Services Co., Inc. and its affiliate Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (the…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, three defendants, officers and executives of the Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative (CMEEC), were convicted of theft involving a program receiving federal funds. The defendants…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Internet Archive (IA), a nonprofit organization that creates digital copies of print books and makes them available online for free through its "Free Digital Library." IA maintains a one-to-one…

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2007, Mohamed Musaid was arrested for the murder of a relative and confessed to the crime. However, his trial was delayed for over eight years due to repeated findings of incompetence to stand trial, attributed to his…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves plaintiffs who are individuals and entities harmed by the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. They brought claims against the Republic of Sudan under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA),…

Justia Opinion Summary: Robert Guthrie, a former employee of Rainbow Fencing Inc. (RFI), filed a lawsuit seeking unpaid wages and statutory damages for RFI's failure to provide wage notices and wage statements as required by New York law.…

Justia Opinion Summary: In November 2005, Derrek Pannell and accomplices robbed a United States Post Office in Brooklyn, New York. Pannell, an employee of the Post Office, used his knowledge of the keypad lock to gain entry. The robbers…

Justia Opinion Summary: Sarah Palin filed a defamation lawsuit against The New York Times and its former Opinion Editor, James Bennet, alleging that an editorial falsely linked her political action committee's map to the 2011 shooting of…

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs Moses Lugo and Cheryl Seaton, who use motorized wheelchairs, sued the City of Troy, New York, under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (RA). They alleged that the city…

Justia Opinion Summary: Samuel Boima, a native of Sierra Leone, was charged with assaulting federal officers at the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility while awaiting deportation. The incident involved Boima spitting a mixture of saliva and…

Justia Opinion Summary: Victor Rivera participated in a robbery crew responsible for over a dozen robberies of jewelers and luxury watch owners between October 2019 and November 2020. The crew identified victims on social media and ambushed…

Justia Opinion Summary: In the early 1990s, the Republic of Argentina issued collateralized bonds as part of a sovereign-debt-relief plan. Argentina retained reversionary interests in the collateral, which would revert to Argentina if the bonds…

Justia Opinion Summary: Malcolm H. Wiener, the plaintiff, purchased three life insurance policies from AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company in 1986. Over the years, Wiener's policies lapsed multiple times due to insufficient funds, but he…

Justia Opinion Summary: Bruce Kelley and his spouse, Nancy Kelley, filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in Vermont state court after Bruce Kelley was paralyzed from the waist down while residing at Franklin County Rehabilitation Center (FCRC).…

Justia Opinion Summary: In June 2020, plaintiffs were arrested for violating a week-long nighttime curfew imposed by New York City in response to violence and destruction during demonstrations protesting George Floyd's death. They claimed the…

Justia Opinion Summary: Michael Grecco Productions, Inc. (MGP) sued Ruthie Allyn Davis and associated entities for copyright infringement, alleging that Davis used Michael Grecco’s copyrighted photos without a license. The United States…

Justia Opinion Summary: A consumer of a glucosamine-based dietary supplement filed a putative class action lawsuit against the supplement’s manufacturer and retailer under New York law. The plaintiff alleged that the supplement was mislabeled…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceeding where the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York approved a settlement agreement among the trustee of the bankruptcy estate, the debtor,…

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2013, the petitioner was convicted in Monroe County, New York, of engaging in a course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree. The prosecution's case relied heavily on the testimony of the child victim,…

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff Joseph Pessin, representing himself and others similarly situated, sued JPMorgan Chase & Company (JPMC), the JPMorgan Chase Retirement Plan, and its fiduciaries under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the plaintiff, Basel Soukaneh, alleged that during a routine traffic stop, Officer Nicholas Andrzejewski of the Waterbury, Connecticut police department unlawfully handcuffed and detained him in a police…

Justia Opinion Summary: Gilead Community Services, Inc. and Connecticut Fair Housing Center, Inc. sued the Town of Cromwell and several of its officials for discrimination and retaliation under the Fair Housing Act (FHA) and Americans with…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the plaintiff, Patricia Olivieri, alleged that her employer, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, and her manager, Neil Isler, subjected her to sexual harassment and a hostile work environment.…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a contract dispute between Kenneth E. Salamone and RUFSTR Racing, LLC (Plaintiffs) and Douglas Marine Corporation (Defendant). Plaintiffs contracted with Douglas Marine to purchase a custom-made race…

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs Marco Destin, Inc., 1000 Highway 98 East Corp., E&T, Inc., and Panama Surf & Sport, Inc. (collectively, “Marco Destin”) filed a lawsuit against agents of L&L Wings, Inc. (“L&L”), alleging that a 2011…

Justia Opinion Summary: Andrew Delaney, a lawyer acting pro se, filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition in the Eastern District of New York, listing $1,110 in assets and $44,434 in liabilities. He later sought to dismiss his petition, arguing…

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2021, Ellva Slaughter was charged with illegally possessing a firearm while knowing he had previously been convicted of a felony, violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Slaughter moved to dismiss the indictment, arguing…

Justia Opinion Summary: Jonathan Michel, a sophomore at Yale University during the Spring 2020 semester, filed a putative class action against Yale after the university transitioned to online-only classes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Michel…

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2019, Tamika Miller filed a qui tam action under the False Claims Act (FCA) against Citibank, alleging that the bank violated 2015 consent orders by hiding failures in its management of third-party risks to avoid…

Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence generated a report on the Detention and Interrogation Program conducted by the CIA after September 11th. The Committee transmitted the report to various federal…

Justia Opinion Summary: The defendants were involved in a fraudulent slip-and-fall scheme in which they recruited poor and homeless individuals to stage accidents and seek unnecessary medical treatment. The scheme involved doctors and lawyers…

Justia Opinion Summary: Enock Mensah, a social worker, was convicted of theft of public funds and health care fraud for billing publicly funded agencies for over 1,600 treatment sessions that never occurred. The United States District Court for…

Justia Opinion Summary: Scott Lupia, a locomotive engineer for New Jersey Transit Rail Operations, Inc. (NJT), was injured when the air conditioning (A/C) unit in his cab malfunctioned, causing the temperature to rise to 114 degrees Fahrenheit.…

Justia Opinion Summary: In December 2020, Steve Rosado was arrested after attempting to meet with a woman he believed to be the mother of two young girls, with the intent to engage in illegal sexual activity. The woman was actually an…

Justia Opinion Summary: Carlos Martinez, a former federal prison guard, was convicted of multiple charges related to the repeated rape of an inmate, referred to as "Maria," at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York. Maria…

Justia Opinion Summary: In the early hours of August 21, 2017, the M/V ALNIC, a Liberian-flagged oil-and-chemical tanker, collided with the U.S.S. JOHN S. MCCAIN, a Navy destroyer, in the Singapore Strait. The collision resulted in the deaths…

Justia Opinion Summary: George Moses was convicted of mail and wire fraud, money laundering, lying to the FBI, and other charges for defrauding two nonprofit community organizations he led. He used funds from these organizations for personal…

Justia Opinion Summary: Windward Bora LLC purchased a junior promissory note signed by Constance and Royston Browne, secured by a junior mortgage on real property. Windward's predecessor had already obtained a final judgment of foreclosure on…

Justia Opinion Summary: Neu Cloud, a joint venture between IBM, TeamSun, and Zhuangyan Hao, alleged that IBM misappropriated its trade secrets. Neu Cloud claimed that IBM used confidential customer information, obtained through special bids…

Justia Opinion Summary: Laurie Weinlein was convicted of bank fraud and embezzlement from an employee benefit plan, resulting in a sentence of sixty-three months in prison, five years of supervised release, and over $2 million in restitution…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves nine lawsuits filed in Connecticut state court, each asserting state-law personal injury claims related to the use of Zantac. The plaintiffs, represented by the same firm, structured their complaints to…

Justia Opinion Summary: T.W., a Harvard Law School graduate with disabilities, sued the New York State Board of Law Examiners for denying her requested accommodations on the New York State bar exam in 2013 and 2014. She alleged violations of…

Justia Opinion Summary: Webuild S.P.A., an Italian investment company, formed a consortium with other companies to work on the Panama Canal expansion project. After the project's completion, Webuild initiated an arbitration against Panama under…

Justia Opinion Summary: Arjun KC, a native and citizen of Nepal, sought asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT) in the United States. He claimed that Maoist partisans in Nepal threatened to kill him…

Justia Opinion Summary: Betim Kaziu was convicted for his involvement in a plan to join and aid foreign terrorist organizations. He and his friend traveled to Cairo, Egypt, intending to join a terrorist group and fight jihad. After his friend…

Justia Opinion Summary: Rashawn Wynn pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, based on his involvement with the 110 Gang, a violent drug-trafficking group in Syracuse,…

Justia Opinion Summary: Maximo Robert Vera Punin, a citizen of Ecuador, was ordered removed by immigration authorities after being convicted in state court of multiple counts involving the rape of a young child. He is currently serving a…

Justia Opinion Summary: Laura Henry filed a lawsuit against Olakunle Oluwole and their former employer, Bristol Hospital, alleging that Oluwole had sexually assaulted her. Shortly after the complaint was filed, Oluwole was seriously injured in…

Justia Opinion Summary: Emilee Carpenter, a wedding photographer, filed a preenforcement challenge against New York’s public accommodations laws, which prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. Carpenter argued that these laws…

Justia Opinion Summary: Shlomo Bador, an Israeli citizen, received conditional permanent resident status in the U.S. based on his marriage to a U.S. citizen. Two years later, he and his wife filed a joint petition to remove the conditions on…

Justia Opinion Summary: Manoucheka Francois, a train conductor for Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company, was injured in a car crash while being transported by a taxi hired by her employer. The taxi driver, Michael Cellante, had consumed four…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves the Upstate Jobs Party (UJP) and two of its leaders who sued the Commissioners of the New York State Board of Elections over campaign finance regulations. UJP, an independent body, argued that it is…

Justia Opinion Summary: Miguel Angel Garcia Carrera, a nonpermanent resident and citizen of Mexico, sought to cancel his removal from the United States. Garcia Carrera argued that his removal would cause exceptional and extremely unusual…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a group of bond investors (plaintiffs) who bought and sold certain types of corporate bonds from and to a group of financial institutions and major dealers in the corporate bond market (defendants). The…

Justia Opinion Summary: Broadway producer Garth Drabinsky alleged that the Actors’ Equity Association, a union representing theater actors and stage managers, unlawfully boycotted, defamed, and harassed him during his production of the musical…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around Anthony Pica, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit robbery and attempted robbery. Pica, along with Salvatore Maniscalco, Jr., and John Delutro, planned to rob Louis Antonelli, a jeweler.…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around Windstream Holdings, Inc. ("Windstream"), a telecommunications provider that filed for Chapter 11 reorganization. During Windstream's bankruptcy, Charter Communications Inc. and Charter…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around Brad Packer, a shareholder of 1-800-Flowers.com, Inc. (FLWS), who alleged that Raging Capital Management, LLC, Raging Capital Master Fund, Ltd., and William C. Martin (collectively, the…

Justia Opinion Summary: Joseph McGrain was sentenced to 264 months in prison for sexually abusing his then-girlfriend’s fourteen-year-old daughter and obstructing the investigation into the abuse. The district court applied a two-offense-level…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves defendants Dennis A. Bradley, Jr., and Jessica Martinez, who were charged with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud in relation to Bradley’s 2018 campaign for Connecticut state senator. The…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Amazon.com Services LLC and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The NLRB alleged that Amazon committed an unfair labor practice by discharging an employee for engaging in protected concerted…

Justia Opinion Summary: Nicole Costin, individually and on behalf of her minor son, filed a lawsuit against Glens Falls Hospital and several of its staff members. Costin alleged that the hospital discriminated against her due to her…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves the United States government's appeal against a decision by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The lower court had granted federal prisoner Joe Fernandez's motion…

Justia Opinion Summary: Brandon Washington pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine base. At sentencing, the district court added a point to Washington's criminal history score for a prior state-court conviction for…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Travis Woods, a wheelchair user, who sued the Central New York Regional Transportation Authority and its subsidiary Centro of Oneida, Inc. (collectively, "Centro"), which operate the public bus service…

Justia Opinion Summary: Link Motion Inc., a Chinese company incorporated in the Cayman Islands, filed a legal malpractice action against the law firm DLA Piper LLP (US) and one of its attorneys in the New York State Supreme Court. The case was…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Roman Sharikov, an employee of Philips Medical Systems MR, Inc., who was terminated after refusing to comply with the company's COVID-19 health and safety policies, including a vaccination mandate.…

Justia Opinion Summary: This case involves two legal permanent residents, Carol Williams Black and Keisy G.M., who were detained by the U.S. government for several months without a bond hearing under the authority of 8 U.S.C. § 1226(c), pending…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around Aleksandra Malgorzata Stankiewicz, a lawful permanent resident of the United States, who was convicted in 2003 for violating a New Jersey statute that criminalizes distributing a controlled…

Justia Opinion Summary: Sanjay Tripathy, a former inmate in the New York correctional system, filed a lawsuit against state prison officials. He claimed that they forced him to enroll in a sex-offender program that required him to accept…

Justia Opinion Summary: Quadri Garnes was charged with threatening to assault and murder employees of the United States Postal Service (USPS) and transmitting interstate communications containing threats to injure another person. These charges…

Justia Opinion Summary: Julius Williams, convicted of racketeering and conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, appealed the denial of his motion for a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). This law allows a court to reduce a…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Trustees of the New York State Nurses Association Pension Plan (the Trustees) and White Oak Global Advisors, LLC (White Oak) entered into an investment management agreement, which included an arbitration clause. The…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Nano Dimension Ltd., an Israeli 3D printing and manufacturing company, and several defendants including Murchinson Ltd. and Anson Advisors Inc. Nano alleged that the defendants violated Section 13(d) of…

Justia Opinion Summary: Carlos Esteras and Raphael Frias were convicted of fentanyl trafficking charges and appealed their sentences, arguing that the district court erred in calculating their respective Guidelines ranges. Esteras contended…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a Ukrainian couple, Yasamin Karimi and Roman Tereshchenko, who divorced and disputed custody of their two children. Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Tereshchenko agreed to Karimi removing the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The defendant, Dwayne Barrett, was convicted on multiple counts of conspiratorial and substantive Hobbs Act robbery, the use of firearms during such robberies, and in one robbery, the murder of a robbery victim. On…

Justia Opinion Summary: Chamma K. Brandon, an inmate in the custody of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, filed a lawsuit against three prison officials. Brandon alleged that the officials violated his First…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a dispute over the antitrust implications of a settlement agreement between Forest Laboratories, a brand manufacturer of the high-blood pressure drug Bystolic, and seven manufacturers of generic…

Justia Opinion Summary: The plaintiff, Marina Soliman, filed a lawsuit against Subway Franchisee Advertising Fund Trust, Ltd. ("Subway"), alleging that a marketing text message she received on her cell phone violated the Telephone Consumer…

Justia Opinion Summary: Jason Doherty, a former student at Purchase College, State University of New York, who has Asperger Syndrome, sued several administrators of the college under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for declaratory and…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a group of plaintiffs who filed a class-action lawsuit against KIND, LLC, a snack food company. The plaintiffs alleged that the phrase "All Natural" on the labels of KIND's products was deceptive and…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Ramon Dejesus Cedeno, an employee of Strategic Financial Solutions, LLC, and a participant in its Strategic Employee Stock Ownership Plan. Cedeno sued the company, its trustee Argent Trust Company, and…

Justia Opinion Summary: Antonio Ortiz, while on supervised release for a drug-trafficking conviction, was accused of repeatedly raping his teenage daughter. The district court found Ortiz guilty of three release violations related to the rapes…

Justia Opinion Summary: This case involves Commerzbank AG, a German bank, and U.S. Bank, N.A., an American bank. Commerzbank sued U.S. Bank, alleging that it had failed to fulfill its duties as a trustee for residential mortgage-backed…

Justia Opinion Summary: A U.S. citizen, Maalik Alim Jones, pleaded guilty to terrorism-related charges for his involvement with al-Shabaab, an Islamist military organization in Kenya and Somalia. The district court accepted his plea and…

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2021, New York enacted the Affordable Broadband Act (ABA), which required internet service providers to offer broadband internet to qualifying households at reduced prices. A group of trade organizations representing…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Jane Doe, who sued the Franklin Square Union Free School District on behalf of herself and her minor daughter, Sarah Doe. The lawsuit was filed after the school district refused to grant Sarah an…

Justia Opinion Summary: Adis Medunjanin was arrested in 2010 and charged with nine terrorism-related counts, including attempting to commit an act of terrorism and possessing a destructive device in furtherance of crimes of violence. The…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around Patrick Dai, a student at Cornell University, who was charged with making interstate threats of violence against Jewish students at the university. The government sought to detain Dai pretrial,…

Justia Opinion Summary: Rodger Freeman, convicted of a felony in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, was sentenced to imprisonment followed by a term of supervised release. After completing his federal prison…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a dispute over the use of the term "Medical Special Operations Conference" and its acronym "MSOC" as a trademark. The plaintiff, the City of New York and the FDNY Foundation, and the defendant, Juan…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around Dycom Industries, Inc. ("Dycom") and its predecessor, Midtown Express, LLC ("Midtown"), a cable contractor that installed, serviced, and disconnected telecommunications cables for Time Warner…

Justia Opinion Summary: A group of citizens and a civic organization, Citizens United To Protect Our Neighborhoods (CUPON), filed a lawsuit against the Village of Chestnut Ridge, New York, alleging that the village violated the Establishment…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Indemnity Insurance Company of North America ("Indemnity") and Unitrans International Corporation ("Unitrans"). Indemnity, as the insurer of Amgen, a pharmaceutical company, paid for the loss of a…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case handled by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the plaintiff, Alexis Marquez, an attorney who represented herself, claimed that an Acting New York State Supreme Court Justice harassed…

Justia Opinion Summary: Elaine Bart, a former supermarket manager, brought a lawsuit against her former employer, Golub Corporation, alleging gender discrimination under Title VII and state law. She was fired for falsifying food logs, a…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case was a lawsuit filed by Janet and Joseph Harvey against the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Sierra Leone to the United Nations. The Harveys alleged that they were harmed by faulty renovations at the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case in question involves a defendant, Saba Rosario Ventura, who was initially detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after the District Court ordered his release on bail pending his criminal trial.…

Justia Opinion Summary: The plaintiff-Appellant, Kristen King, claimed that her employer, Aramark Services Inc., subjected her to a sex-based hostile work environment, discrimination, and retaliation in violation of the New York State Human…

Justia Opinion Summary: In the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the appellant, Brittany Jones, claimed she was sexually abused by a teacher between 2009 and 2011, when she was a high school student. She brought her claims…

Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit heard an appeal by Christopher Callahan against a judgment by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The district court had…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case was heard in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit between Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the plaintiff-appellant, against Novartis Pharma AG and associates, the defendants-appellees.…

Justia Opinion Summary: Six full-time professors at the City University of New York filed a lawsuit challenging New York’s Public Employees’ Fair Employment Act, known as the Taylor Law, alleging it violated their First Amendment rights to free…

Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit heard an appeal involving Timothy Daileader, the independent director and manager of an affiliated group of companies, collectively known as "Oaktree," which were…

Justia Opinion Summary: The defendant-appellant, Alex Oliveras, was sentenced to sixty-three months' imprisonment and a three-year supervised release term for possessing cocaine with intent to distribute and possessing a firearm in furtherance…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a dispute over the legality of an agreement between River 1, LLC, an American company, and Viking USA LLC, a subsidiary of a Swiss company, under federal maritime law. The United States Maritime…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case pertains to Ariel Jimenez, who owned and operated a tax preparation business in Bronx, New York. Between 2009 and 2015, Jimenez led a large-scale tax fraud and identity theft scheme, purchasing stolen identities…

Justia Opinion Summary: John D. Whitfield's application for a job as a Youth Development Specialist with the New York City Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) was rejected. Whitfield alleged that the rejection was discriminatory and…

Justia Opinion Summary: In the early morning hours of September 8, 2018, Mabior Jok was standing outside a bar in Burlington, Vermont, when Joseph Corrow, an officer of the Burlington Police Department, approached the group. The details of what…

Justia Opinion Summary: The plaintiff-appellant, Maurice Cotton, an inmate, filed a civil rights lawsuit against corrections officials at the Green Haven Correctional Facility. He alleged that he was wrongfully denied a transfer to another…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case in question involves a dispute over the use of the term "red gold" in the marketing of wristwatches. The plaintiff-appellant Solid 21, a luxury jewelry and watch business, owns a trademark in RED GOLD® since…

Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose from a Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement action against Mohammed Ali Rashid, a former senior partner at the private equity firm Apollo Management L.P. Rashid was accused of breaching his…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, five former customers of Peregrine Financial Group, Inc., a defunct futures commission merchant, filed a class action lawsuit against various defendants, including JPMorgan Chase Bank and National Futures…

Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the decision of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, which dismissed the plaintiffs' complaint. The plaintiffs, Ben and…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case in question involves an appeal by Joseph William Foley against the United States Tax Court's dismissal of his deficiency protest due to untimeliness. Foley filed a protest against a notice of deficiency issued…

Justia Opinion Summary: In the case of Rafael Jimenez v. Tina M. Stanford, Chairperson of the New York State Board of Parole, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the district court’s judgment denying Jimenez’s…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, Aquila Alpha LLC (Aquila) appealed against a judgment from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, affirming a bankruptcy court’s decision to deny Aquila’s motion to vacate a…

Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit heard a case initiated by Adam Hart, who filed a qui tam action under the False Claims Act (FCA) against pharmaceutical distributor McKesson. Hart alleged that…

Justia Opinion Summary: Kwok Sum Wong, a citizen of China and Hong Kong native, petitioned for review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming a decision by an Immigration Judge (IJ) that found him removable under the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Brian Benjamin, a state senator in New York from 2017 to 2021, who was indicted on charges of federal funds bribery, honest services wire fraud, conspiracy to commit each of those offenses, and…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a group of plaintiffs who used the online cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, to purchase crypto-assets known as "tokens". They allege Binance violated the Securities Act of 1933 and the "Blue Sky"…

Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reviewed a decision made by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiff, Do No Harm, a membership organization, filed a…

Justia Opinion Summary: In the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Defendant-Appellant Kevin Delvalle appealed his sentence, arguing his guilty plea was involuntary as he believed he would receive a sentence below the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case being summarized involves two subclasses of current and former tipped employees at two New York City restaurants, who filed suit against the restaurants and their owners for violations of the New York Labor Law…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case originates from an Application for Judicial Assistance under 28 U.S.C. § 1782 by Frasers Group PLC ("Frasers"), a British retailer group. Frasers requested to obtain documentary and testimonial evidence from…

Justia Opinion Summary: This case revolves around the plaintiff, Cindy L. Moll, who made allegations of gender-based discrimination, including hostile work environment, retaliatory transfer of her job site, and discriminatory or retaliatory…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a decision from the United States District Court for the District of Vermont. The defendant, Cory Johnson, had been convicted for the…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, plaintiff-appellant John Kowalchuck sued his former employer, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), under the Federal Employers' Liability Act for injuries he sustained while clearing snow at an…

Justia Opinion Summary: In the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the case revolves around the appeal of Gregory Thomas, who alleges ineffective assistance of counsel due to the failure to file an appeal from his…

Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York's dismissal of a lawsuit brought by BMG Monroe I, LLC. BMG, a developer, had sued…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the plaintiffs were U.S. investors who purchased Mexican government bonds. They alleged that the defendants, Mexican branches of several…

Justia Opinion Summary: The plaintiff, Dr. Misty Blanchette Porter, had been a staff physician at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) since 1996. She specialized in reproductive medicine and was highly regarded in her field. In November…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves the appeal of Defendant-Appellant Dewey K. Sims from a sentencing judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York. Sims had pleaded guilty to possessing a…

Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has ruled in a complex environmental case involving an entity known as the Revitalizing Auto Communities Environmental Response Trust (RACER), which was created…

Justia Opinion Summary: A group of 18 pension and retirement funds and other investors alleged that 10 large banks conspired to rig U.S. Treasury auctions and boycott the emergence of direct, "all-to-all" trading between buy-side investors on…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves an appeal by a plaintiff against the dismissal of his lawsuit against the City of Buffalo and some of its police officers. The plaintiff was arrested and charged with violating a city noise ordinance…

Justia Opinion Summary: This case is about a dispute between Richard Roe and St. John’s University (SJU) and Jane Doe. Roe, a male student at SJU, was accused of sexually assaulting two female students, Doe and Mary Smith, on separate…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case before the United States Court of Appeals For the Second Circuit, two investment firms, held debt securities issued by FriendFinder Networks, Inc., and an affiliate. Several years later, FriendFinder’s…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of Minhye Park’s case against David Dennis Kim by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The…

Justia Opinion Summary: Ivan Reyes-Arzate, the defendant-appellant, appealed his conviction and sentence after pleading guilty to a drug offense before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He was sentenced to…

Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld the life imprisonment sentence of Azibo Aquart, who was found guilty of multiple federal homicide and drug trafficking crimes. The court had previously…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, a group of patients initiated a class action lawsuit against various hospitals and vendors who provide medical record production services to the hospitals. The plaintiffs alleged that the hospitals and…

Justia Opinion Summary: John Wilson, the plaintiff-appellant, made several requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the defendant-appellee, to release records concerning him.…

Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit addressed a dispute involving the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (TBTA) and several plaintiffs who had been fined for failing to pay tolls at TBTA…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the plaintiff, William Loomis, a truck driver who was injured in a car accident in New York, sought recovery from his employer's insurance company, ACE American Insurance Company, for his remaining damages…

Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has decided an appeal from The Resource Group International Limited, TRG Pakistan Limited, Mohammed Khaishgi, and Hasnain Aslam against Muhammad Ziaullah Khan…

Justia Opinion Summary: In the dispute between fashion designer and social media influencer Hayley Paige Gutman and her former employer, JLM Couture, Inc., the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit considered the preliminary…

Justia Opinion Summary: In the case involving the Restaurant Law Center and the New York State Restaurant Association against the City of New York and the Commissioner of the City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, the plaintiffs…

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff Joseph Kasiotis filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of himself and other similarly situated New York consumers against the New York Black Car Operators’ Injury Compensation Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”). The…