Case Digests

Doe v. Hagenbeck, 15-1890-cv

Publication Date: 2017-09-08
Practice Area: Personal Injury
Industry:
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Wesley, Livingston, and Chin, C.JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee for Jane Doe: Rebecca Ojserkis, Jonas Wang, Erin Baldwin, Kathryn Wynbrandt, Bethany Li, Michael J. Wishnie, Veteran Legal Services Clinic, Jerome M. Frank Legal Services Organization, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT.
for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants for Lt. Gen. Franklin Lee Hagenbeck and Brig. Gen. William E. Rapp: Christopher Connolly, Benjamin H. Torrance, Assistant United States Attorneys, New York, NY, for Joon H. Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Amici Curiae for Amici Curiae Federal Courts and Constitutional Law Professors, in support of Jane Doe: Caitlin J. Halligan, Joel M. Cohen, Casey K. Lee, Kathryn M. Cherry, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae University Administrators, in support of Jane Doe: Paul W. Hughes, Travis Crum, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae Former Military Officers, in support of Jane Doe: Penelope A. Preovolos, Ben Patterson, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, CA. For Amici Curiae National Veterans Legal Services Program, Protect Our Defenders, Service Women's Action Network, in support of Jane Doe: John D. Niles, James Anglin Flynn, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union, American Association of University Women, Human Rights and Gender Justice Clinic at the City University of New York School of Law, Human Rights Watch, National Alliance to End Sexual Violence, National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence, National Women's Law Center, in support of Jane Doe: Sandra S. Park, Steven Watt, Lenora M. Lapidus, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY.
Case Number: 15-1890-cv

Incident-to-Service Rule Precluded Bivens Claim from Conduct at Military A

Raphael Golb, Petitioner-Appellant-Cross Appellee v. The Attorney General of the State of New York, Respondent-Appellee-Cross Appellant, 16-0452-pr

Publication Date: 2017-09-01
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Litigation
Industry:
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Jacobs, Leval, and Raggi, C.JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellant Raphael Golb.: Leah M. Busby, on the brief, Ronald L. Kuby, New York, NY. For Appellant Raphael Golb.: Joel B. Rudin, New York, NY.
for defendant: For Appellee Attorney General of the State of New York: Alan Gadlin, on the brief, Vincent Rivellese, on behalf of Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York County.
Case Number: 16-0452-pr

Second Circuit Lifts Some, Not All, of Dead Sea Scroll Scholar's Impersonation Convi

Jane Doe, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Lt. Gen. Franklin Lee Hagenbeck, Brig. Gen. William E. Rapp, Defendants-Appellants, United States of America, Defendant, 15-1890-cv

Publication Date: 2017-09-01
Practice Area: Litigation | Civil Appeals
Industry:
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Wesley, Livingston, and Chin, C.JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee for Jane Doe: Rebecca Ojserkis, Jonas Wang, Erin Baldwin, Kathryn Wynbrandt, Bethany Li, Michael J. Wishnie, Veteran Legal Services Clinic, Jerome M. Frank Legal Services Organization, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT.
for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants for Lt. Gen. Franklin Lee Hagenbeck and Brig. Gen. William E. Rapp.: Christopher Connolly, Benjamin H. Torrance, Assistant United States Attorneys, New York, NY, for Joon H. Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Amici Curiae for Amici Curiae Federal Courts and Constitutional Law Professors, in support of Jane Doe.: Caitlin J. Halligan, Joel M. Cohen, Casey K. Lee, Kathryn M. Cherry, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae University Administrators, in support of Jane Doe.: Paul W. Hughes, Travis Crum, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae Former Military Officers, in support of Jane Doe.: Penelope A. Preovolos, Ben Patterson, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, CA. For Amici Curiae National Veterans Legal Services Program, Protect Our Defenders, Service Women's Action Network, in support of Jane Doe.: John D. Niles, James Anglin Flynn, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union, American Association of University Women, Human Rights and Gender Justice Clinic at the City University of New York School of Law, Human Rights Watch, National Alliance to End Sexual Violence, National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence, National Women's Law Center, in support of Jane Doe.: Sandra S. Park, Steven Watt, Lenora M. Lapidus, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY.
Case Number: 15-1890-cv

Former West Point Cadet's Sexual Assault Liability Suit Stymied by Second C

Morrone v. The Pension Fund of Local No. One, I.A.T.S.E., 16-723-cv

Publication Date: 2017-08-31
Practice Area: Labor Law
Industry:
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Kearse, Hall, and Chin, C.JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Edgar Pauk, Law Office of Edgar Pauk, Brooklyn, New York, on the brief, Robert L. Liebross, Law Office of Robert L. Liebross, New York, NY.
for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: Denis P. Duffey Jr., Nicholas J. Johnson, on the brief, Franklin K. Moss, Spivak Lipton LLP, New York, NY.
Case Number: 16-723-cv

Ability to Use Current Pension Accrual Rates Was Not Benefit Under Anti-Cutbac

Securities and Exchange Commission v. Metter, 16-526-cv

Publication Date: 2017-08-30
Practice Area: Securities Litigation | Civil Appeals
Industry:
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Hall, Lynch, Droney, C.JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: John W. Avery, Deputy Solicitor, on the brief, Martin V. Totaro, Senior Counsel, for Robert B. Stebbins, General Counsel, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, DC.
for defendant: For Appellant: Tammy P. Bieber and Brian K. Steinwascher, on the brief, Maranda E. Fritz, Thompson Hine LLP, New York, NY.
Case Number: 16-526-cv

Brown v. Rawlings Financial Services, LLC, 16-3748

Publication Date: 2017-08-29
Practice Area: Civil Procedure
Industry:
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Jacobs, Leval, and Raggi, C.JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Charles L. Kurmay, Law Offices of, Charles L. Kurmay, Milford, CT,
for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Theodore J. Tucci on the brief, Linda L. Morkan, Robinson & Cole LLP, Hartford, CT.
Case Number: 16-3748

ERISA §502(c)(1) Suit's Dismissal as Untimely Under CT's Limit for Civil Forfeitures

Sharon MacNeil, on her own behalf and on behalf of her minor children A.T.M. and C.E.M., Plaintiff-Appellant v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee, 16-2189

Publication Date: 2017-08-28
Practice Area: Litigation | Civil Appeals | Administrative Law
Industry:
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Walker, Livingston, and Lynch, C.JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Hagit M. Elul, on the brief, Fara Tabatabai New York, NY.
for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: Stephen P. Conte, on the brief, Sandra M. Grossfeld, New York, New York, for Grant C. Jaquith, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Syracuse, NY.
Case Number: 16-2189

Appellate Court Affirms Limits to Benefit Claims for In Vitro Ch

United States of America, Appellee v. Mathew Martoma, Defendant-Appellant, 14-3599

Publication Date: 2017-08-25
Practice Area: Litigation | Securities Litigation | White Collar Crime
Industry:
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Katzmann, Ch. J., Pooler and Chin, C.JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Megan Gaffney, Michael A. Levy, and Margaret Garnett, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief, Robert Allen and Arlo Devlin-Brown, Assistant United States Attorneys, for Joon H. Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Erin E. Murphy, Harker Rhodes, and Edmund G. LaCour, Jr., on the brief, Paul D. Clement, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC; Alexandra A.E. Shapiro, Eric S. Olney, and Jeremy Licht, Shapiro Arato LLP, New York, NY; Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., Cambridge, MA.
Case Number: 14-3599

Citing 'Salman,' Second Circuit Finds Its Own Insider Trading Ruling Not 'Goo

USA v. Krug, 16-4136-cr

Publication Date: 2017-08-25
Practice Area: Evidence
Industry:
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Leval, Pooler, and Hall, C.JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellant: Joseph J. Karaszewski, Assistant United States Attorney, for James P. Kennedy, Jr., Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of New York, Buffalo, NY.
for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee Raymond Krug: Terrence M. Connors, Connors LLP, Buffalo, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Joseph Wendel: Rodney O. Personius, Personius Melber LLP, Buffalo, NY.
Case Number: 16-4136-cr

Common Interest Rule of Attorney-Client Privilege Not Supported in Case Against

Constitution Pipeline Company, LLC, Petitioner v. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Basil Seggos, Acting Commissioner, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, John Ferguson, Chief Permit Administrator, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Respondents, Stop the Pipeline, Catskill Mountainkeeper, Inc., Sierra Club, Riverkeeper, Inc., Intervenors*, 16-1568

Publication Date: 2017-08-24
Practice Area: Environmental Law | Energy and Natural Resources
Industry: Energy
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Kearse, Wesley, and Droney, C.JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner: Saul Ewing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Utz Witmer, Saul Ewing, Wayne, Pennsylvania; Yvonne E. Hennessey, Barclay Damon, Albany, New York, on the brief, John F. Stoviak, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
for defendant: For Respondents: Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General of the State of New York, Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, Andrew B. Ayers, Senior Assistant Solicitor General, Frederick A. Brodie, Assistant Solicitor General, Lisa M. Burianek, Deputy Bureau Chief, Albany, New York, on the brief, Brian Lusignan, Assistant Attorney General, Albany, NY. For Intervenor Stop the Pipeline: Karl S. Coplan, Todd D. Ommen, Anne Marie Garti, Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic, Inc., White Plains, New York, on the brief, Kara E. Paulsen**, White Plains, NY. For Intervenors Catskill Mountainkeeper, Inc., Sierra Club, and Riverkeeper, Inc.: Deborah Goldberg, Christine Ernst, Earthjustice, New York, New York, on the brief, Moneen Nasmith, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae National Association of Manufacturers, Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, American Gas Association, American Petroleum Institute, American Chemistry Council, Natural Gas Supply Association, American Forest & Paper Association, and Process Gas Consumers Group, in support of Petitioner: Roger R. Martella, Jr., Ryan C. Morris, Tobias S. Loss-Eaton, Washington, D.C.; Linda E. Kelly, Quentin Riegel, Leland P. Frost, Manufacturers' Center For Legal Action, Washington, D.C.; Steven P. Lehotsky, Sheldon B. Gilbert, U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, D.C.; Kevin B. Belford, Michael L. Murray, Washington, D.C.; Leslie A. Hulse, Washington, D.C.; Dena E. Wiggins, Washington, D.C.; Andrea J. Chambers, Katie Leesman, Ballard Spahr, Washington, D.C., of counsel, filed a brief Sidley Austin, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae Natural Resources Defense Council, Water Defense, Waterkeeper Alliance, Earthworks, PennEnvironment, Peconic Baykeeper, and Chesapeake Bay Foundation, in support of Respondents: Albert K. Butzel, New York, New York, of counsel, filed a brief Kimberly Ong, New York, NY.
Case Number: 16-1568