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Hayden v. County of Nassau

Publication Date: 1999-06-09
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Date Filed: 1999-06-09
Court: United States Court of Appeals for The Second Circuit
Judge: OAKES, WALKER and KEITH, Circuit Judges
Attorneys: For plaintiff: MARTIN S. KAUFMAN, Esq.
for defendant: CHARLES D. CUNNINGHAM, Esq., and ROBIN L. ALPERSTEIN, Esq.
Case Number: No. 98-6113

The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. Appeal from a district court decision which dismissed a class action suit brought by 68 applicants to the N

October 6, 2003 | The Recorder

The Video Mom

One day last winter, Ruth Kennedy watched two bare-chested men assault each other with a brutal array of kicks, elbow chops and chokeholds. Kennedy was used to a little violence. As general co

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October 22, 2003 | Corporate Counsel

The Counsel You Keep

When William Lytton arrived at scandal-ridden Tyco International Ltd., in September 2002, he faced a ton of work. As the new general counsel, Lytton inherited an internal investigation of the

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May 13, 2011 | The American Lawyer

What a Deal! J. Crew Sues to Enforce $10 Million Understanding It Reached With Shareholders Over Buyout

How great a deal for the J. Crew Group was the $10 million settlement that the company thought it struck with shareholders who objected to its $3 billion private buyout? It was so great that J. C

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November 29, 2011 | The American Lawyer

A Deal Too Soon? Judge Dismisses Madoff Fund Investor Claims One Day After HSBC Agrees to Settle for $62.5 Million

How does a lawyer explain to a client that the lawsuit it agreed to settle for $62.5 million on one day got dismissed the very next day? � That's the situation facing Evan Davis of Cleary Go

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June 15, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

Northrop Grumman Swipes New GC Away From Its Rival

Yoink! When Northrop Grumman Corporation needed a new general counsel who had worked for both defense companies an

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July 21, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

Will Majority Rule Prevail in Electing Corporate Boards?

Peer pressure can be tough. Just ask Motorola Inc. At the end of 2005 Motorola was ready to adopt a new policy that it hoped would put a troublesome shareholder issue to rest. Like many U.S

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October 21, 2008 | The American Lawyer

It's Fierce: Another (Legal) Star Join Project Runway Dispute

You don't hear a lot of calls for heavyweights in the fashion world. But the fight over which network owns the right to air Project Runway is full of legal heavies. The suit, underway in New York stat

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Amnesty International USA v. Clapper, 09-4112-cv

Publication Date: 2011-03-23
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Calabresi, Sack, and Lynch, C.JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jameel Jaffer, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, New York (Melissa Goodman and Laurence M. Schwartztol, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY; Christopher T. Dunn and Arthur N. Eisenburg, New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY; Charles S. Sims, Theodore K. Cheng, Matthew J. Morris, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellant. Barbara Moses, Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, P.C., New York, NY; Emily Berman and Elizabeth Goitein, The Brennan Center for Justice, New York, NY; Sharon Bradford Franklin, The Constitution Project, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae The Brennan Center for Justice, The Center for Democracy & Technology, The Constitution Project, The Electronic Frontier Foundation, and The Rutherford Institute in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. Lucy A. Dalglish and Gregg P. Leslie, Counsel for The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Arlington, VA, for Amicus Curiae The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. Duane L. Loft, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY; Peter T. Barbur, The New York City Bar Association, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae The New York City Bar Association in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. Robert A. Atkins and William J. Taylor, Jr., Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY, for Amici Curiae Law Professors Michelle Adams, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University; Baher Azmy, Seton Hall University School of Law; Fletcher N. Baldwin, Jr., Levin College of Law, University of Florida; Erwin Chemerinsky, University of California, Irvine, School of Law; Norman Dorsen, New York University; David M. Driesen, Syracuse University College of Law; Eric M. Freedman, Hofstra Law School; Lynne Henderson, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada-Las Vegas; Seth F. Kreimer, University of Pennsylvania Law School; Alexander A. Reinert, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University; David Rudovsky, University of Pennsylvania Law School; Daniel J. Solove, George Washington University Law School in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
for defendant: Douglas N. Letter, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Daniel J. Lenerz, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.
Case Number: 09-4112-cv

Cite as: Amnesty International USA v. Clapper, 09-4112-cv, NYLJ 1202487354917, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided March 21, 2011)Before: Calabresi, Sack, and Lynch, C.JJ.

Mastafa v. Australian Wheat Board Limited, 07 Civ. 7955

Publication Date: 2008-10-02
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Date Filed: 2008-09-25
Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District
Judge: Gerard Lynch
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Case Number: 07 Civ. 7955

District Judge Gerard E. Lynch U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Dennis E. Murray Sr., John T. Murray, Leslie O. Murray, and Mary S. Birkett, Murra