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  • Appellate Division, Second Department: March 17, 2021

    Publication Date: 2021-03-19
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Handdown List
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, Second Department: March 17, 2021

  • Cuthill v. Blinken

    Publication Date: 2021-03-18
    Practice Area: Immigration Law
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Robert Katzmann
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee: Elizabeth Leete, Leete, Kosto & Wizner, LLP, Hartford, CT, on the brief, Bradley B. Banias, Wasden Banias, LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Christopher A. Bates, William C. Peachey, Samuel P. Go, on the brief, Victor M. Mercado-Santana, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC.
    Case Number: 19-3138

    Naturalized Citizen Granted Judgment as to F2A Visa to Daughter Statutorily Less Than 21

  • In re: 650 Fifth Ave. Co. & Related Properties

    Publication Date: 2021-03-16
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Constitutional Law
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant: Michael D. Lockard, Martin S. Bell, Samuel L. Raymond, Thomas McKay, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief, Daniel M. Tracer, Assistant United States Attorney, for Audrey Strauss, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, New York.
    for defendant: For Claimants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees: Melissa Ginsberg, Diana M. Conner, on the brief, Daniel S. Ruzumna, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, New York, and Winston Paes, on the brief, John Gleeson, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, New York. For the Acosta, Beer, Greenbaum, Kirschenbaum, Havlish, Heiser, Peterson, Miller, and Rubin Claimants-Appellees: James L. Bernard, Curtis C. Mechling, Pamela S. Takefman, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York, New York; Timothy B. Fleming, Wiggins Childs Pantazis Fisher Goldfarb PLLC, Washington, D.C.; Dale K. Cathell, Richard M. Kremen, DLA Piper LLP (US), Baltimore, Maryland; Liviu Vogel, Salon Marrow Dyckman Newman & Broudy, LLC, New York, New York; Peter R. Kolker, Zuckerman Spaeder, LLP, Washington, D.C., on the brief, Patrick N. Petrocelli, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York, New York. For Hegna Claimants-Appellees: Ralph P. Dupont, Dupont Law Firm, Stamford, Connecticut.
    Case Number: 20-1212

    Seizure of Manhattan Building, Rental Income Violated Claimants' Due Process Rights

  • DeSuze v. Ammon

    Publication Date: 2021-03-15
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge William Nardini
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Adam Meyers, Communities Resist, Brooklyn, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Matt Ammon and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development: Varuni Nelson, on the brief, Edward K. Newman, for Seth D. DuCharme, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Linden Plaza Preservation L.P., and Linden Plaza Associates, L.P.: Peter C. Neger, on the brief, Zoe Phillips, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants-Appellees New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development and City of New York: Richard Dearing, John Moore, on the brief, Amy McCamphill, for James E. Johnson, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 20-1141

    Tenants' Claims in Rent Challenge Time-Barred, Not Saved by Continuing Violation Doctrine

  • In the Matter of Patrick A. Powell.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-12
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick Anthony Powell, (Patrick Powell & Associates), Dacula, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, LaVonda Rochelle DeWitt, Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S21Y0468

    Disbarment Was Appropriate Sanction For Attorney Who Intentionally Abandoned Client in Criminal Matter

  • Bd. of Educ. of the Yorktown Cent. Sch. Dist. v. C.S.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-09
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Susan Carney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Board of Education of the Yorktown Central School District: Mark Craig Rushfield, Shaw, Perelson, May & Lambert, LLP, Poughkeepsie, NY.
    for defendant: For C.S. and S.S.: Kerry Margaret McGrath, Cuddy Law Firm, P.L.L.C., Valhalla, NY, on the brief, Jason Sterne, Sterne & Walsh, Rochester, NY. For Amicus Curiae Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc.: Ellen Saideman, Esq., Barrington, RI, on the brief, Andrew A. Feinstein, Esq., Mystic, CT. For Amici Curiae Mobilization for Justice, Inc., The Legal Aid Society, Advocates for Children of New York, Legal Services NYC, Brooklyn Defender Services, New York Legal Assistance Group, and New York Lawyers for the Public Interest: James Arden, Hilary R. Hoffman, and Graham L. Travaglini, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 19-270

    School District Cannot Unilaterally Amend IEP During 30-Day 'Resolution Period'

  • Collier v. U.S.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Susan Carney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner-Appellant Keith Collier: James P. Egan, Assistant Federal Public Defender, for Lisa A. Peebles, Federal Public Defender for the Northern District of New York, Syracuse, NY.
    for defendant: For Respondent-Appellee United States of America: Nicolas Commandeur, on the brief, Steven D. Clymer, Assistant United States Attorneys, for Antoinette T. Bacon, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Syracuse, NY.
    Case Number: 17-2402

    Attempted Federal Bank Robbery Is Categorically Crime of Violence Under 18 USC §924(c)(1)

  • Appellate Division, Second Department: March 3, 2021

    Publication Date: 2021-03-05
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Hand Down List
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, Second Department: March 3, 2021

  • In the Matter of Christopher Andrew McPartland, an attorney and counselor-at-law. (Attorney Registration No. 2377588)

    Publication Date: 2021-03-04
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District
    Judge: Per Curiam Before: William F. Mastro, A.P.J., Reinaldo E. Rivera, Mark C. Dillon, Cheryl E. Chambers, Francesca E. Connolly, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Catherine A. Sheridan, Hauppauge, NY (Nancy B. Gabriel of counsel), for petitioner.
    for defendant: Long Tuminello, LLP, Bay Shore, NY (Michelle Aulivola of counsel), for respondent.
    Case Number: 2020-01437

    Matter of McPartland

  • Plymouth Venture Partners II LP v. GTR Source LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-03-03
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants Plymouth Venture Partners, II, L.P. and Plymouth Management Company, in their capacities as receivers for FutureNet Group, Inc.: Shane R. Heskin, White and Williams LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee GTR Source, LLC: James Zawodzinski, Jr., on the brief, Ryan K. Cummings, Hodgson Russ LLP, Buffalo, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Stephen W. Biegel, in his capacity as New York City Marshal, Badge No. 27: Troy D. Lipp, on the brief, Andrew P. Schriever, Cuddy & Feder LLP, White Plains, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Capital Merchant Services, LLC: Christopher R. Murray, Stein Adler Dabah & Zelkowitz, LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 20-118

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