This column reports on several significant, representative decisions handed down recently in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Judge Leonard D. Wexler rejected a constitutional challenge to New York’s statutory restrictions on who may conduct boiler inspections. Judge Frederic Block analyzed particularity and overbreadth issues in denying a motion to suppress evidence seized pursuant to a search warrant. Judge Jack B. Weinstein discussed restitution in criminal cases and specifically focused on how to deal with restitution for a “victim” who had profited from the charged crimes and his own cooperation. And Judge Roslynn R. Mauskopf dealt with claims of hostile work environment and disparate impact under Title VII.
§204—Boiler Inspections
In Cityspec Inc. v. M. Patricia Smith, Commissioner of the New York State Department of Labor, 07 CV 1224 (EDNY, May 18, 2009), Judge Wexler, granting summary judgment to defendant, upheld the constitutionality of State Labor Law §204, regulating boiler inspections.
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