• Amnesty Int'l USA et al. v. Clapper et al., 09-4112-cv

    Publication Date: 2011-09-23
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Gerard E. Lynch concurs by opinion in the denial of rehearing in banc.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellants: Jameel Jaffer, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, N.Y. (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)
    for defendant: For Appellees: Douglas N. Letter and Daniel J. Lenerz, 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.; Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY, Sarah S. Normand and Serrin Turner, Assistant United States Attorneys for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY)

    Case Number: 09-4112-cv

    Cite as: Amnesty Int'l USA et al. v. Clapper et al., 09-4112-cv, NYLJ 1202516484686, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided September 2011)Circuit Judge Gerard E. Lynch

  • Mary Jo C. v. New York State and Local Retirement System, 11-2215

    Publication Date: 2013-02-01
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Sack, Raggi, C.J., and Swain, D.J.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: William M. Brooks, Mental Disability Law Clinic, Touro College, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, Central Islip, NY. For Defendant-Appellee: New York State and Local Retirement System., For: Eric T. Schneiderman Attorney General of the State of New York, New York, NY. Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, Laura R. Johnson, Assistant Solicitor General, of Counsel, on the Brief.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee Central Islip Public Library. William M. Savino, Harris J. Zakarin, on the Brief, Laura L. Shockley, Rivkin Radler LLP, Uniondale, NY. For: Amicus Curiae United States Department of Justice., For: Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General, Washington, DC., Jessica Dunsay Silver, on the Brief, Sasha Samberg-Champion, Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Appellate Section. For: Amici Curiae Disability Advocates, Inc., DRVT, National Disability Rights Network, and State of Connecticut office of Protection and Advocacy For Persons With Disabilities. Jo Anne Simon, Jo Anne Simon P.C., Brooklyn, NY. *1

    Case Number: 11-2215

    Cite as: Mary Jo C. v. New York State and Local Retirement System, 11-2215, NYLJ 1202586273526, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided January 29, 2013)Before: Sack, Rag

  • United States of America, Appellee v. Mohamed Sadeek Odeh, also known as Abu Moath, also known as Noureldine, also known as Marwan, also known as Hydar, Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-'Owhali, also known as Khalid Salim Saleh Bin Rashed, also known as Moath, also known as Abdul Jabbar-Ali Abel-Latif, Wadih El Hage also known as Abdus Sabbur, Defendants-Appellants, Khalfan Khamis Mohamed, also known as Khalfan Khamis, Defendant, 01-1535-cr (L)

    Publication Date: 2012-11-27
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Feinberg, Newman, and Cabranes, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee United States of America: David Raskin and Leslie C. Brown, Assistant United States Attorneys (Michael J. Garcia, United States Attorney, on the brief, Iris Lan, David O'Neil, Katherine Polk Failla, Celeste L. Koeleveld, Assistant United States Attorneys, of counsel), United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant Mohamed Sadeek Odeh: James E. Neuman, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellant Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-'Owhali: Frederick H. Cohn, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellant Wadih El Hage: Joshua L. Dratel and Sam A. Schmidt (Erik B. Levin, Renita K. Thukral, Meredith S. Heller, of counsel), New York, NY.

    Case Number: 01-1535-cr (L)

    Cite as: In re Terrorist Bombings of U.S. Embassies in East Africa, 01-1535-cr (L), NYLJ 1202579478906, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided November 24, 2012)Before:

  • Garanti Finansal Kiralama A.S. v. Aqua Marine and Trading Inc.

    Publication Date: 2012-10-12
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Parker, Hall, Wallace,1 C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Joseph Francis De May, Jr., Cichanowicz, Callan, Keane, Vengrow & Textor, LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: William Robert Bennett, III, Bennett, Giuliano, McDonnell & Perrone, LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 11-631-cv(L)

    Cite as: Garanti Finansal Kiralama A.S. v. Aqua Marine and Trading Inc., 11-631-cv(L), NYLJ 1202574730730, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided October 2, 2012)Before:

  • Puerto Rico Telephone Co. v. Telecommunications Regulatory Board of Puerto Rico

    Publication Date: 2000-11-01
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    Date Filed: 1999-08-20
    Court: United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit
    Judge: Lynch, Circuit Judge, Noonan, Senior Circuit Judge,(*) and Lipez, Circuit Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip J. Mause
    for defendant: Robert F. Reklaitis and William A. Davis

    Case Number: No. 98-2228

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. LYNCH, Circuit Judge. This appeal raises tricky questions of the limits on federal court jurisd

  • In re: Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, 10-2378-bk(L)

    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Jacobs, Chief Judge, Leval and Raggi, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: HELEN DAVIS CHAITMAN, Becker & Poliakoff, LLP, New York, New York (Peter Schuyler, on the brief), for Appellants Diane and Roger Peskin, et al.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 10-2378-bk(L)

    Cite as: In re: Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, 10-2378-bk, NYLJ 1202511400493, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided August 16, 2011)Before: Jacobs, Chief

  • Alliance for Open Society International v. US Agency for Internal Develop., 08-4917-cv

    Publication Date: 2011-07-08
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Straub, Pooler, and B.D. Parker, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebekah Diller, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, New York, NY (Laura K. Abel, Alicia L. Bannon, David S. Udell, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, New York, NY; David W. Bowker, Sue-Yun Ahn, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, D.C.; Jason D. Hirsch, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellees. Benjamin H. Torrance, Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (David S. Jones, Assistant United States Attorney, of counsel; Preet Bharara, United States Attorney, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellants. Lenora M. Lapidus, Women's Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union, New York, NY (Mie Lewis, Women's Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union, New York, NY; Arthur N. Eisenberg, Alexis Karterton, New York Civil Liberties Union, New York, NY; James Esseks, Rose Saxe, LGBT and AIDS Project, American Civil Liberties Union, New York, NY, on the brief), for Amici Curiae American Humanist Association and 24 Other Public Health and Human Rights Organizations and Experts. Lawrence S. Lustberg (Eileen M. Connor, on the brief), Gibbons P.C., Newark, NJ, for Amicus Curiae Independent Sector.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 08-4917-cv

    Cite as: Alliance for Open Society International v. US Agency for Internal Develop., 08-4917-cv, NYLJ 1202499587113, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided July 6, 2011)

  • Oneida Nation of New York v. Cuomo, 10-4265(L)

    Publication Date: 2011-05-11
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Wesley, Chin, and Lohier, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Riyaz A. Kanji (Cory J. Albright, Zach Welcker, Kanji & Katzen, PLLC; Christopher Karns, Owen Herne, Seneca Nation of Indians Department of Justice, Salamanca, NY; Carol E. Heckman, Jeffrey A. Wadsworth, David T. Archer, Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, Buffalo, NY, on the brief), Kanji & Katzen, PLLC, Ann Arbor, MI, for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant Seneca Nation of Indians. David W. Debruin (Scott B. Wilkens, Joshua M. Segal, Jenner & Block, LLP; Daniel French, Lee Alcott, French-Alcott, PLLC, Syracuse, NY, on the brief), Jenner & Block, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Intervenor-Appellant Cayuga Indian Nation of New York. James M. Wicks (George C. Pratt, Hillary A. Frommer, Farrell Fritz, P.C.; James F. Simermeyer, New York, NY, on the brief), Farrell Fritz, P.C., Uniondale, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant Unkechauge Indian Nation. Michael L. Roy (Marsha K. Schmidt, on the brief), Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant St. Regis Mohawk Tribe. Michael R. Smith (R. Miles Clark, Zuckerman Spaeder, LLP; Peter D. Carmen, Meghan Murphy Beakman, Oneida Nation Legal Department, Verona, NY; Daniel F. Katz, Dennis M. Black, Williams & Connolly, LLP, Washington D.C., on the brief), Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff-Appellee Oneida Nation of New York.
    for defendant: Andrew D. Bing (Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General of the State of New York, Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, Alison J. Nathan, Special Counsel to the Solicitor General, Steven C. Wu, Assistant Solicitor General, on the brief), Deputy Solicitor General, for Defendants-Appellants Andrew M. Cuomo, Thomas H. Mattox, Richard Ernst, and Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee John Melville. Michael T. Feeley (Lisa A. Coppola, on the brief), Rupp, Baase, Pfalzgraf, Cunningham & Coppola LLC, Buffalo, NY, for Amicus Curiae Akwesasne Convenience Store Association. Michael A. Cardozo (Eric Proshansky, Aaron M. Bloom, William H. Miller, on the brief), Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae the City of New York. Richard T. Sullivan, Harris Beach PLLC, Buffalo, NY, for Amicus Curiae New York Association of Convenience Stores. Thomas G. Jackson (Meagan A. Zapotocky, on the brief), Phillips Nizer, LLP, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae New York State Association of Tobacco and Candy Distributors, Inc.*

    Case Number: 10-4265(L)

    Cite as: Oneida Nation of New York v. Cuomo, 10-4265(L), NYLJ 1202493468026, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided May 9, 2011)Before: Wesley, Chin, and Lohier, C.JJ.p c

  • Alliance for Open Society International v. US Agency for Internal Develop., 08-4917-cv

    Publication Date: 2011-07-08
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Straub, Pooler, and B.D. Parker, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebekah Diller, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, New York, NY (Laura K. Abel, Alicia L. Bannon, David S. Udell, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, New York, NY; David W. Bowker, Sue-Yun Ahn, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, D.C.; Jason D. Hirsch, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellees. Benjamin H. Torrance, Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (David S. Jones, Assistant United States Attorney, of counsel; Preet Bharara, United States Attorney, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellants. Lenora M. Lapidus, Women's Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union, New York, NY (Mie Lewis, Women's Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union, New York, NY; Arthur N. Eisenberg, Alexis Karterton, New York Civil Liberties Union, New York, NY; James Esseks, Rose Saxe, LGBT and AIDS Project, American Civil Liberties Union, New York, NY, on the brief), for Amici Curiae American Humanist Association and 24 Other Public Health and Human Rights Organizations and Experts. Lawrence S. Lustberg (Eileen M. Connor, on the brief), Gibbons P.C., Newark, NJ, for Amicus Curiae Independent Sector.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 08-4917-cv

    Cite as: Alliance for Open Society International v. US Agency for Internal Develop., 08-4917-cv, NYLJ 1202499587113, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided July 6, 2011)Before

  • Iqbal v. Hasty, 05-5768-cv

    Publication Date: 2007-06-20
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    Date Filed: 2007-06-14
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
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    Case Number: 05-5768-cv

    U.S. COURT OF APPEALS SECOND CIRCUIT Michael L. Martinez, Wash., D.C. (Shari Ross Lahlou, David E. Bell, Justin P. Murphy, Matthew F. Scarlato, Crowell & Moring LLP, Wash., D.