• ACORN, ACORN Institute, Inc., and MHANY Management, Inc., f/k/a/ New York Acorn Housing Company, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. United States Of America, Shaun Donovan, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Peter Orszag Director Office of Management and Budget, Timothy R. Geithner Jr., Secretary of the Department of Treasury of the United States, Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce, and Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense­— Defendants-Appellants., 09-5172--cv (L); 10-0992-cv (CON)

    Publication Date: 2010-08-16
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    Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Miner, Cabranes, and Wesley, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: JULES LOBEL, Darius Charney, and William Quigley, Center for Constitutional Rights, Pittsburgh, PA and New York, NY; William Goodman and Julie Hurwitz, Goodman & Hurwitz, P.C., Detroit, MI; Arthur Schwartz, New York, NY, for plaintiffs-appellees. Mark D. Stern, Somerville, MA; John C. Philo, Maurice & Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic &Social Justice, Detroit, MI, for amici curiae United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America; Communications Workers of America; Communications Workers of America Local 1180; Transport Workers Union of America; Transport Workers Union of America of Greater New York; Jobs with Justice; Interfaith Worker Justice; and Maurice & Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice. Charles S. Sims and Anna G. Kaminska, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY; Stephen I. Vladeck, Washington, D.C. for amici curiae Constitutional Law Professors Bruce Ackerman, Erwin Chemerinsky, David D. Cole, Michael C. Dorf, Mark Graber, Seth F. Kreimer, Sanford V. Levinson, Burt Neuborne, and Stephen I. Vladeck. Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded.
    for defendant: MARK B. STERN, Michael S. Raab, Benjamin S. Kingsley, and Helen L. Gilbert, Appellate Staff,Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice (Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of Justice; Benton J. Campbell, Attorney, Eastern District of New York), Washington, D.C. and Brooklyn, NY, for defendants-appellants. Daniel R. Murdock, Patton Boggs LLP, New York, NY; Haaris Ahmad, Assistant Corporation Counsel, Wayne County, Michigan, Detroit, MI, for amicuscuriae Wayne County, Michigan. David B. Rankin and Mark Taylor, Rankin & Taylor, New York, NY, for amici curiae Alliance for Justice; Citizen Action of New York; Hakeem Jeffries; Labor Education & Research Project; Legal Aid Society of New York City; Marty Markowitz; Kevin Powell; Western States Center; and Jumaane D. Williams.

    Case Number: 09-5172--cv (L); 10-0992-cv (CON)

    Cite as: ACORN v. United States, 09-5172—cv (L); 10-0992-cv (CON), NYLJ 1202466558542, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided: August 13, 2010)p class="judges

  • The Bronx Household of Faith v. Board of Education of the City of New

    Publication Date: 2011-09-05
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    Date Filed: 2011-06-02
    Court: UNKNOWN: UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT August Term, 2010
    Judge: Leval, Circuit Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 07-5291-cv

    Argued: October 6, 2009Before: WALKER, LEVAL, and CALABRESI, Circuit Judges.Defendants appeal from an order of the United States DistrictCourt for the SouthernDistrict of New York (P

  • ACORN V. US (TEST)

    Publication Date: 2010-08-16
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    Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Miner, Cabranes, and Wesley, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: JULES LOBEL, Darius Charney, and William Quigley, Center for Constitutional Rights, Pittsburgh, PA and New York, NY; William Goodman and Julie Hurwitz, Goodman & Hurwitz, P.C., Detroit, MI; Arthur Schwartz, New York, NY, for plaintiffs-appellees. Mark D. Stern, Somerville, MA; John C. Philo, Maurice & Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic &Social Justice, Detroit, MI, for amici curiae United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America; Communications Workers of America; Communications Workers of America Local 1180; Transport Workers Union of America; Transport Workers Union of America of Greater New York; Jobs with Justice; Interfaith Worker Justice; and Maurice & Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice. Charles S. Sims and Anna G. Kaminska, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY; Stephen I. Vladeck, Washington, D.C. for amici curiae Constitutional Law Professors Bruce Ackerman, Erwin Chemerinsky, David D. Cole, Michael C. Dorf, Mark Graber, Seth F. Kreimer, Sanford V. Levinson, Burt Neuborne, and Stephen I. Vladeck. Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded.
    for defendant: MARK B. STERN, Michael S. Raab, Benjamin S. Kingsley, and Helen L. Gilbert, Appellate Staff,Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice (Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of Justice; Benton J. Campbell, Attorney, Eastern District of New York), Washington, D.C. and Brooklyn, NY, for defendants-appellants. Daniel R. Murdock, Patton Boggs LLP, New York, NY; Haaris Ahmad, Assistant Corporation Counsel, Wayne County, Michigan, Detroit, MI, for amicuscuriae Wayne County, Michigan. David B. Rankin and Mark Taylor, Rankin & Taylor, New York, NY, for amici curiae Alliance for Justice; Citizen Action of New York; Hakeem Jeffries; Labor Education & Research Project; Legal Aid Society of New York City; Marty Markowitz; Kevin Powell; Western States Center; and Jumaane D. Williams.

    Case Number: 09-5172--cv (L); 10-0992-cv (CON)

    Cite as: ACORN v. United States, 09-5172—cv (L); 10-0992-cv (CON), NYLJ 1202466558542, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided: August 13, 2010)p class="judges

  • Alliance For Open Society International, Inc., Pathfinder v. United States Agency For International Development, Rajiv Shah

    Publication Date: 2011-09-05
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    Date Filed: 2011-07-06
    Court: UNKNOWN: UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT August Term, 2010
    Judge: Barrington D. Parker, Circuit Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 08-4917-cv

    Argued: December 9, 2010Before: STRAUB, POOLER, and B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges.AFFIRMED.Judge Straub dissents in a separate opinion.Defendants-Appellants the U.S. Agency for Interna