Case Digests

U.S. v. Rodriguez

Publication Date: 2018-05-01
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Amalya Kearse
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner Rodriguez: Tina Schneider, Portland, Maine.
for defendant:
Case Number: 15-3699

Claim Limitations Statute Defense Was Timely Raised via Codefendant's Motion Is Rejected

U.S. v. Smathers

Publication Date: 2018-01-18
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Amalya Kearse
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Joon H. Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael Ferrara, Assistant United States Attorney, New York, New York, on the brief, Andrew Thomas, Assistant United States Attorney, New York, New York.
for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Susan C. Wolfe, New York, New York.
Case Number: 16-2394

$84,000 Restitution to AOL for Customer List's Theft, Sale Upheld; No Error Found

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

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

USA v. Barinas, 16-2218

Publication Date: 2017-08-07
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Kearse, Calabresi, and Cabranes, C.JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Robert L. Capers, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Susan Corkery, Assistant United States Attorney, Brooklyn, New York, on the brief, Michael T. Keilty, Assistant United States Attorney, Brooklyn, NY.
for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Barry D. Leiwant, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., Appeals Bureau, New York, New York, on the brief, Samuel I. Jacobson, Assistant Federal Defender, Brooklyn, NY.
Case Number: 16-2218

Supervision's Revocation Affirmed; Violation Charge's Adjudication Did Not Violate 'Spec

Woods v. Start Treatment & Recovery Centers, Inc., 16-1318-cv,

Publication Date: 2017-07-28
Practice Area:
Industry:
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Kearse, Hall, and Chin, C.JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Abdul K. Hassan, Queens Village, New York.
for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: David M. Pohl, New York, New York. For R. Alexander Acosta, United States Secretary of Labor, Washington, D.C., as amicus curiae in support of Plaintiff-Appellant: M. Patricia Smith, Solicitor of Labor, Jennifer S. Brand, Associate Solicitor, William C. Lesser, Deputy Associate Solicitor, Paul L. Frieden, Counsel for Appellate Litigation, on the brief, Rachel Goldberg, Senior Attorney.
Case Number: 16-1318-cv

'Motivating Factor' Causation Standard Applies to FMLA Retaliation

Abbey House Media v. Simon & Schuster, 16-305-cv

Publication Date: 2017-07-20
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Antitrust | Litigation
Industry:
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Kearse, Hall, Chin, C.JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant: Harold R. Collins, Donald R. Pepperman, and Taylor C. Wagniere, on the brief, Maxwell M. Blecher, Blecher Collins & Pepperman, P.C., Los Angeles, California.
for defendant: For Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee Simon & Schuster, Inc.: James W. Quinn and Yehudah L. Buchweitz, on the brief, Gregory Silbert, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, New York. For Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee Penguin Group (USA) LLC: Saul P. Morgenstern, Margaret A. Rogers, and Alice C.C. Huling, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, New York. For Defendant-Appellee Hachette Book Group, Inc.: Linda H. Martin and Samuel J. Rubin, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, New York, New York. For Defendant-Appellee HarperCollins Publishers, L.L.C.: C. Scott Lent, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, New York. For Defendants-Appellees Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC, DBA Macmillan and Verlagsgruppe Georg Von Holtzbrinck GMBH: Joel M. Mitnick, John J. Lavelle, and Bianca Cadena, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, New York.
Case Number: 16-305-cv

Book Publishers Defeat Antitrust Appeals at C

Diesel Ebooks v. Simon & Schuster, 16-726-cv

Publication Date: 2017-07-20
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Antitrust | Litigation
Industry:
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Kearse, Hall, Chin, C.JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant: Collin R. White, on the brief, Derek T. Ho, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C.
for defendant: For Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee Simon & Schuster, Inc.: James W. Quinn and Yehudah L. Buchweitz, on the brief, Gregory Silbert, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, New York. For Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC, DBA Macmillan and Defendant-Appellee Verlagsgruppe Georg Von Holtzbrinck GMBH: Joel M. Mitnick, John J. Lavelle, and Bianca Cadena, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, New York. For Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee Hachette Book Group, Inc.: Linda H. Martin, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, New York, New York, and Samuel J. Rubin, Goodwin Procter LLP, New York, New York. For Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C.: Charles Scott Lent, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, New York. For Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee Penguin Group (USA) LLC: Saul P. Morgenstern, Margaret A. Rogers, and Alice C.C. Huling, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, New York.
Case Number: 16-726-cv

Book Publishers Defeat Antitrust Appeals at C

US v. William Boyland, 15-3118

Publication Date: 2017-07-12
Practice Area: Litigation | White Collar Crime | Criminal Appeals
Industry:
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Kearse, Walker, and Hall, C.JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Robert L. Capers, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Amy Busa, Assistant United States Attorney, Brooklyn, New York, on the brief, Lan X. Nguyen, Assistant United States Attorney, Brooklyn, NY.
for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: James M. Branden, New York, NY.
Case Number: 15-3118

Applying 'McDonnell,' Circuit Affirms Ex-Assemblyman's Public Corruption Conv

John v. Whole Foods Market Group, Inc., 16-986-cv

Publication Date: 2017-06-08
Practice Area:
Industry:
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Kearse, Jacobs, and Lohier, C.JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Douglas G. Blankinship, Finkelstein, Blankinship, Frei-Pearson & Garber, LLP, White Plains, NY.
for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: Gregory J. Casas, Elliot H. Scherker, Brigid F. Cech Samole, on the brief, David E. Sellinger, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, New York, NY, Austin, TX, Miami, FL.
Case Number: 16-986-cv

Class Suit Charging Whole Foods Over Weight of Prepackaged Foods Is Rein