• NRP Holdings LLC v. City of Buffalo

    Publication Date: 2019-02-27
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Susan Carney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs‐Appellants: Thomas S. Lane, on the brief, Nelson Perel, Webster Szanyi LLP, Buffalo, NY
    for defendant: For Defendants‐Appellees City of Buffalo, Byron W. Brown, and Demone A. Smith: Daniel J. Brady, on the brief, Michael A. Brady, Hagerty & Brady, Buffalo, NY; For Defendant‐Appellee Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency: Richard T. Sullivan, Harris Beach PLLC, Buffalo, NY; For Defendant‐Appellee Steven M. Casey: Rodney O. Personius, Personius & Melber LLP, Buffalo, NY.

    Case Number: 17-783-cv

    Resolution of Claims Against Developer Affirmed; RICO Claim Barred by Legislative Immunity

  • U.S. v. Valente

    Publication Date: 2019-02-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Christopher Droney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Richard D. Belliss, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief, Steven D. Clymer, for Grant C. Jaquith, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Syracuse, NY
    for defendant: For Appellant: James P. Egan, on the brief, Molly Corbett, for Lisa A. Peebles, Federal Public Defender for the Northern District of New York, Albany, NY

    Case Number: 1:15-cr-00124

    Court Erred as to State Recidivist DWAI Offender Conviction; Amended Restitution Upheld

  • Harnage v. Lightner

    Publication Date: 2019-02-25
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Pro Se for Plaintiff‐Appellant: James A. Harnage, Suffield, CT
    for defendant: For Defendants‐Appellees: No appearance

    Case Number: 18-1559-pr

    Amended Complaint Satisfies FRCP 8, 20 But Does Not State Claim Against Three Defendants

  • Disability Rights New York v. State of New York

    Publication Date: 2019-02-22
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Civil Rights | Constitutional Law | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Denny Chin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Lara H. Weissman, on the brief, Jennifer J. Monthie, Disability Rights New York, Albany, New York.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants: Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, Steven C. Wu, Deputy Solicitor General, on the brief, Mark S. Grube, Assistant Solicitor General, for Letitia James, Attorney General for the State of New York, New York, New York.

    Case Number: 17-2812-cv

    'Younger' Abstention in Constitutional Challenge to SCPA Article 17A Proceedings Affirmed

  • Pappas v. Philip Morris Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-02-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Products Liability
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Gerard Lynch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Hazel B. Pappas, pro se, Cassandra Pappas, pro se, New Haven, CT; Markos Pappas, pro se, Berlin, NH.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: Keri L. Arnold, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY; Paul W. Rodney, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Denver, CO.

    Case Number: 17-3842-cv

    Dismissal of CUTPA, Consortium Loss Claims Vacated; Court Misread 'Guest', 'Erie'

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  • U.S. v. Ojudun

    Publication Date: 2019-02-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Amalya Kearse
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Daniel S. Noble, Anna M. Skotko, Assistant United States Attorneys, New York, New York, of counsel, Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, New York
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Ameer Benno, New York, New York, of counsel; Adam D. Perlmutter, Perlmutter & McGuinness, New York, New York, of counsel on the initial brief, Benno & Associates, New York, New York

    Case Number: 17-2348-cr

    Statements Incriminating Defendant But Not Declarant Not Within FRE 804 Hearsay Exception

  • Bellamy v. City of New York

    Publication Date: 2019-02-11
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge John Walker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: for Plaintiff‐Appellant: Joel B. Rudin, Law Office of Joel B. Rudin, P.C., New York, NY.
    for defendant: for Defendants‐Appellees: Megan E.K. Montcalm, Richard Dearing, on the brief, for Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, NY.; for Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Innocence Network, and Innocence Project: Richard D. Willstatter, Vice Chair, Amicus Curiae Committee of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Chair, Amicus Curiae Committee of the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, White Plains, NY; Adele Bernhard, Innocence Network, New York, NY; Barry Scheck, Innocence Project, New York, NY; Ross E. Firsenbaum, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Door LLP, New York NY.

    Case Number: 17-1859-cv

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  • Velarde v. GW GJ Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-02-11
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Susan Carney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff‐Appellant: Robert Wisniewski, Esq., New York, NY
    for defendant: For Defendants‐Appellants: Terrence M. Connors on the brief, James W. Grable, Jr., Connors LLP, Buffalo, NY

    Case Number: 17-330

    Trainee Beautician Was 'Primary Beneficiary' of Relationship With Academy Not 'Employee'

  • Richards v. Direct Energy Servs. LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-02-11
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Energy and Natural Resources
    Industry: Energy
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Debra Ann Livingston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff‐Appellant: Craig A. Raabe, on the brief, for Gary W. Richards, Robert A. Izard, Izard, Kindall & Raabe LLP, West Hartford, CT
    for defendant: For Defendant‐Appellant: James M. Chambers, Hutson B. Smelley, Robert P. Debelak III, on the brief, for Direct Energy Services, LLC, Michael D. Matthews, McDowell & Hetherington LLP, Houston, TX

    Case Number: 17-1003-cv

    Electricity Firm Did Not Breach Contract by Not Pegging Variable Rate to Procurement Costs

  • U.S. v. Thrower

    Publication Date: 2019-02-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellant: Amy Busa, Alexander Mindlin, Assistant United States Attorneys, for Richard P. Donoghue, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.
    for defendant: For Defendant‐Appellee: Jane Simkin Smith, Millbrook, NY.

    Case Number: 17-445-pr

    180-Month Sentence Reinstated; N.Y. Robberies 'Violent Felonies' Under ACCA