• Garlick v. Lee

    Publication Date: 2021-06-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Steven Menashi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner-Appellee: Robert S. Dean, on the brief, Matthew Bova, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York, New York.
    for defendant: For Respondent-Appellant: Nancy D. Killian, Peter D. Coddington, Robert C. McIver, Assistant District Attorneys, on the brief, Joshua P. Weiss, Assistant District Attorney, for Darcel D. Clark, Bronx County District Attorney, Bronx, New York.

    Case Number: 20-1796

    Testimonial Autopsy Report Wrongly Admitted Via Surrogate Witness; Habeas Relief Affirmed

  • Gorss Motels Inc. v. Lands' End Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-11
    Practice Area: Contracts | Telecommunications
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Gerard Lynch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Glenn L. Hara, Anderson + Wanca, Rolling Meadows, IL.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: Joshua N. Ruby, on the brief, Daniel P. Tighe, Donnelly, Conroy & Gelhaar, LLP, Boston, MA.

    Case Number: 20-589-cv

    Plaintiff Gave Prior Express Permission Via Franchise Agreements to Receive Faxed Ads

  • A.H. v. French

    Publication Date: 2021-06-08
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Civil Rights
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Steven Menashi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioners: John J. Bursch and Paul Daniel Schmitt, Alliance Defending Freedom, Washington, DC; Ryan J. Tucker, Alliance Defending Freedom, Scottsdale, AZ; and Thomas E. McCormick, McCormick, Fitzpatrick, Kasper & Burchard, P.C., Burlington, VT, on the brief, David A. Cortman, Alliance Defending Freedom, Lawrenceville, GA.
    for defendant: For Respondent Daniel M. French: Benjamin D. Battles, Solicitor General, and Rachel E. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, Jon T. Alexander, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Montpelier, VT, for Thomas J. Donovan Jr., Attorney General of Vermont. For Respondents Michael Clark, South Hero Board of School Directors, Champlain Islands Unified Union School District Board of School Directors, James Tager, and Georgia Board of School Directors: Kevin J. Coyle, on the brief, William F. Ellis, McNeil, Leddy & Sheahan, P.C., Burlington, VT.

    Case Number: 21-87

    Parents Granted Mandamus in Vermont Case Over High School Tuition to Religious School

  • U.S. v. Trimm

    Publication Date: 2021-06-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellant: Lisa M. Fletcher, on the brief, Paul D. Silver, Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Albany, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: George F. Hildebrandt, Syracuse, NY.

    Case Number: 20-2264

    Government's Refusal to Make §3553(e) Sentence Motion Not Unconstitutional, in Bad Faith

  • CIT Bank N.A. v. Schiffman

    Publication Date: 2021-06-04
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Robert Katzmann
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee: Stephen J. Vargas, Gross Polowy, LLC, Westbury, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellants: Samuel Katz, Brooklyn, NY.

    Case Number: 18-3287

    Presumption of RPAPL §1304 Notice's Mailing Not Rebutted; Bank Complied With §1306

  • U.S. v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2021-06-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appelle: Geoffrey J.L. Brown, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief, Joshua R. Rosenthal, Assistant United States Attorney, for Antoinette T. Bacon, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Albany, N.Y.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant Joseph Williams: Melissa A. Tuohey, Assistant Federal Public Defender, for Lisa A. Peebles, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Syracuse, N.Y.

    Case Number: 20-1021-cr

    Court Need Not Repeat §3553(a) Factors Examination When Imposing Supervision Term

  • U.S. v. Carlineo

    Publication Date: 2021-06-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Barrington Parker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief, Tiffany H. Lee, for James P. Kennedy, Jr., United States Attorney, United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of New York, Buffalo, New York.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Sonya A. Zoghlin, Federal Public Defender's Office, Western District of New York, Rochester, New York.

    Case Number: 20-1020-cr

    Special Condition of Supervision Vacated as Vague, Excessive Delegation of Authority

  • In re: Clinton Nurseries Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-01
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge William Nardini
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Debtors-Appellants: Christopher H. Blau, on the brief, Eric A. Henzy, Zeisler & Zeisler, P.C., Bridgeport, Connecticut.
    for defendant: For Trustee-Appellee: Ethan P. Davis, Mark B. Stern, Jeffrey E. Sandberg, Ramona D. Elliott, P. Matthew Sutko, and Beth A. Levene, on the brief, Jeffrey B. Clark, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

    Case Number: 20-1209-bk

    2017 Amendment Fee Charged Debtors Violated Bankruptcy Clause's Uniformity Requirement

  • U.S. v. Waqar

    Publication Date: 2021-05-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Gerard Lynch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Anna M. Skotko, Assistant United States Attorney on the brief, Daniel G. Nessim, Assistant United States Attorney, for Audrey Strauss, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Jonathan I. Edelstein, Edelstein & Grossman, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 19-4138-cr

    Attempted Child Enticement Conviction, Sentence Upheld; No Error in Jury's Instruction

  • U.S. v. Young

    Publication Date: 2021-05-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Steven Menashi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Michael Herman, Thomas McKay, Assistant United States Attorneys, for Audrey Strauss, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Sarah Baumgartel, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., Appeals Bureau, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 19-4198-cr

    Conspiracy to Distribute Unspecified Amount of 'Crack' Not 'Covered Offense' Under FSA