• Perez Henriquez v. Sessions

    Publication Date: 2018-05-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Immigration Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge José Cabranes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner: Michael Rayfield, Mayer Brown LLP, New York, N.Y.
    for defendant: For Respondent: Julie M. Iversen, on the brief, Robert Michael Stalzer, for Chad A. Readler, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Washington, D.C.

    Case Number: 15-3285-ag

    Order for Alien's Removal Due to Drug Conviction, Bail Jumping Is Denied Review by Circuit

  • Clark v. AII Acquisitions LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-04-09
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Guido Calabresi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Robert E. Shuttlesworth, Shrader & Associates, LLP, Houston, TX, on the brief, Alani Golanski, Alani Golanski, Esq., New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee The Boeing Company: Brian D. Gross, Matthew T. Giardina, Jr., Manion Gaynor & Manning LLP, Providence, RI, Amaryah K. Bocchino, Stephan D. Dargitz, Manion Gaynor & Manning LLP, Wilmington, DE, on the brief, Martin F. Gaynor III, Manion Gaynor & Manning LLP, Boston, MA.2; For Defendant-Appellee Prysmian Communications Cables & Systems USA, LLC: Abbie Eliasberg Fuchs, on the brief, Bradley M. Wanner, Harris Beach, PLLC, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 17-1727-cv

    Court Abused Discretion in Invoking Judicial Estoppel in Asbestos Exposure Action

  • Am. Trucking Ass'ns Inc. v. N.Y.S. Thruway Auth.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-06
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Constitutional Law
    Industry: State and Local Government | Transportation
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Jose Cabranes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Charles A. Rothfeld, Evan M. Tager, Matthew A. Waring, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC; Richard Pianka, ATA Litigation Center, Arlington, VA.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, Steven C. Wu, Deputy Solicitor General, on the brief, Andrew W. Amend, Senior Assistant Solicitor General, of counsel, for Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, State of New York.

    Case Number: 17-737

    Dormant Commerce Clause Not Violated by Canal System's Use of Surplus Highway Toll Funds

  • Anderson v. Credit One Bank N.A.

    Publication Date: 2018-03-22
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights | Dispute Resolution
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Rosemary Pooler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee: Adam R. Shaw, Anne M. Nardacci, and Jenna C. Smith, on the brief, George F. Carpinello, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Albany, NY.
    for defendant: For Plaintiff-Appellee: on the brief, Charles Juntikka, New York, NY.; For Defendant-Appellant: Alan E. Schoenfeld, on the brief, Noah A. Levine, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP, New York, NY.; For Defendant-Appellant: Michael David Slodov, Chagrin Falls, OH.; For amicus curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America in support of Defendant-Appellant Credit One Bank, N.A.: Evan M. Tager, Charles E. Harris, II, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C. and Kate Comerford Todd, Warren Postman, U.S. Chamber Litigation Center.; For amici curiae Professors Ralph Brubaker, Robert M. Lawless, and Bruce A. Markell in support of Plaintiff-Appellee Orrin S. Anderson: Tara Twomey, National Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center, San Jose, CA.

    Case Number: 16-2496

    Arbitration Not Proper Where Claims Present Inherent Conflict with Bankruptcy Code

  • Walker v. State Of Texas

    Publication Date: 2018-03-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Burgess
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 06-17-00092-CR

    After a jury found appellant guilty of murder, the trial court sentenced her to thirty years confinement in prison.

  • Kuentz v. Cole Systems

    Publication Date: 2017-11-20
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Wise
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14-15-01031-CV

    Kuentz, a sales manager for a car dealership in Houston, was shot and killed at work by Keith Grimmett, a salesman.

  • 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

  • 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

  • Meyer v. Uber Technologies, 16-2750-cv

    Publication Date: 2017-08-21
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection | Class Actions | Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Raggi, Chin, and Carney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee Spencer Meyer: Brian Marc Feldman, Edwin Michael Larkin, III, Gregory M. Dickinson, on the brief, Jeffrey A. Wadsworth, Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, Rochester, New York, and Bryan L. Clobes, Ellen Meriwether, Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Matthew L. Cantor, Ankur Kapoor, Constantine Cannon LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellant Uber Technologies, Inc.: Daniel G. Swanson, Cynthia E. Richman, Joshua S. Lipshutz, Reed Brodsky, on the brief, Theodore J. Boutrous Jr., Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, California, Washington, D.C., and New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellant Travis Kalanick: Karen L. Dunn, William A. Isaacson, Ryan Y. Park, Peter M. Skinner, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Washington, D.C. and New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Public Justice, P.C.: Jonathan D. Selbin, Jason L. Lichtman, Lieff Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, New York, New York, and Jahan Sagafi, Paul W. Mollica, Outten & Golden LLP, San Francisco, California and Chicago, Illinois. For Amici Curiae Law Professors: Alexander H. Schmidt, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Internet Association and Consumer Technology Association: Rees F. Morgan, Mark L. Hejinian, Skye D. Langs, Coblentz Patch Duffy and Bass LLP, San Francisco, California. For Amicus Curiae The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America: Kate Comerford Todd, Warren Postman, U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, D.C., and Andrew J. Pincus, Evan M. Tager, Archis A. Parasharami, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C.

    Case Number: 16-2750-cv

    Appeals Court Finds for Uber, Says App Made Service Terms

  • Kuentz v. Cole Systems, 14-15-01031-CV (TexApp Dist 07/20/2017)

    Publication Date: 2017-08-02
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-07-20
    Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourteenth
    Judge: KEN WISE, JUSTICE
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14-15-01031-CV

    Three months after being rehired by a car dealership, a salesman shot and killed his sales manager at work. The appellants, the manager's family, sued the salesman, several dealership-related en