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  • ACORN, ACORN Institute, Inc., and MHANY Management, Inc., f/k/a/ New York Acorn Housing Company, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. United States Of America, Shaun Donovan, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Peter Orszag Director Office of Management and Budget, Timothy R. Geithner Jr., Secretary of the Department of Treasury of the United States, Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce, and Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense­— Defendants-Appellants., 09-5172--cv (L); 10-0992-cv (CON)

    Publication Date: 2010-08-16
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    Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Miner, Cabranes, and Wesley, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: JULES LOBEL, Darius Charney, and William Quigley, Center for Constitutional Rights, Pittsburgh, PA and New York, NY; William Goodman and Julie Hurwitz, Goodman & Hurwitz, P.C., Detroit, MI; Arthur Schwartz, New York, NY, for plaintiffs-appellees. Mark D. Stern, Somerville, MA; John C. Philo, Maurice & Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic &Social Justice, Detroit, MI, for amici curiae United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America; Communications Workers of America; Communications Workers of America Local 1180; Transport Workers Union of America; Transport Workers Union of America of Greater New York; Jobs with Justice; Interfaith Worker Justice; and Maurice & Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice. Charles S. Sims and Anna G. Kaminska, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY; Stephen I. Vladeck, Washington, D.C. for amici curiae Constitutional Law Professors Bruce Ackerman, Erwin Chemerinsky, David D. Cole, Michael C. Dorf, Mark Graber, Seth F. Kreimer, Sanford V. Levinson, Burt Neuborne, and Stephen I. Vladeck. Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded.
    for defendant: MARK B. STERN, Michael S. Raab, Benjamin S. Kingsley, and Helen L. Gilbert, Appellate Staff,Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice (Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of Justice; Benton J. Campbell, Attorney, Eastern District of New York), Washington, D.C. and Brooklyn, NY, for defendants-appellants. Daniel R. Murdock, Patton Boggs LLP, New York, NY; Haaris Ahmad, Assistant Corporation Counsel, Wayne County, Michigan, Detroit, MI, for amicuscuriae Wayne County, Michigan. David B. Rankin and Mark Taylor, Rankin & Taylor, New York, NY, for amici curiae Alliance for Justice; Citizen Action of New York; Hakeem Jeffries; Labor Education & Research Project; Legal Aid Society of New York City; Marty Markowitz; Kevin Powell; Western States Center; and Jumaane D. Williams.
    Case Number: 09-5172--cv (L); 10-0992-cv (CON)

    Cite as: ACORN v. United States, 09-5172—cv (L); 10-0992-cv (CON), NYLJ 1202466558542, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided: August 13, 2010)p class="judges

  • ACORN, ACORN Institute, Inc., and MHANY Management, Inc., f/k/a/ New York Acorn Housing Company, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. United States Of America, Shaun Donovan, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Peter Orszag Director Office of Management and Budget, Timothy R. Geithner Jr., Secretary of the Department of Treasury of the United States, Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce, and Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense­— Defendants-Appellants., 09-5172--cv (L); 10-0992-cv (CON)

    Publication Date: 2010-08-16
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    Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Miner, Cabranes, and Wesley, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: JULES LOBEL, Darius Charney, and William Quigley, Center for Constitutional Rights, Pittsburgh, PA and New York, NY; William Goodman and Julie Hurwitz, Goodman & Hurwitz, P.C., Detroit, MI; Arthur Schwartz, New York, NY, for plaintiffs-appellees. Mark D. Stern, Somerville, MA; John C. Philo, Maurice & Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic &Social Justice, Detroit, MI, for amici curiae United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America; Communications Workers of America; Communications Workers of America Local 1180; Transport Workers Union of America; Transport Workers Union of America of Greater New York; Jobs with Justice; Interfaith Worker Justice; and Maurice & Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice. Charles S. Sims and Anna G. Kaminska, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY; Stephen I. Vladeck, Washington, D.C. for amici curiae Constitutional Law Professors Bruce Ackerman, Erwin Chemerinsky, David D. Cole, Michael C. Dorf, Mark Graber, Seth F. Kreimer, Sanford V. Levinson, Burt Neuborne, and Stephen I. Vladeck. Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded.
    for defendant: MARK B. STERN, Michael S. Raab, Benjamin S. Kingsley, and Helen L. Gilbert, Appellate Staff,Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice (Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of Justice; Benton J. Campbell, Attorney, Eastern District of New York), Washington, D.C. and Brooklyn, NY, for defendants-appellants. Daniel R. Murdock, Patton Boggs LLP, New York, NY; Haaris Ahmad, Assistant Corporation Counsel, Wayne County, Michigan, Detroit, MI, for amicuscuriae Wayne County, Michigan. David B. Rankin and Mark Taylor, Rankin & Taylor, New York, NY, for amici curiae Alliance for Justice; Citizen Action of New York; Hakeem Jeffries; Labor Education & Research Project; Legal Aid Society of New York City; Marty Markowitz; Kevin Powell; Western States Center; and Jumaane D. Williams.
    Case Number: 09-5172--cv (L); 10-0992-cv (CON)

    Cite as: ACORN v. United States, 09-5172—cv (L); 10-0992-cv (CON), NYLJ 1202466558542, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided: August 13, 2010)p class="judges

  • Kaplan v. Rand

    Publication Date: 1999-09-14
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    Date Filed: 1999-09-14
    Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: KEARSE, MINER and McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Bershad, et al.
    for defendant: Milton J. Schubin, et al.
    Case Number: No. 98-9377

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. MINER, Circuit Judge: Appellant-Objector William C. Rand, Esq. appeals from a judgment entered in

  • United States of v. Marca. Conca

    Publication Date: 2011-02-21
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    Date Filed: 2011-02-15
    Court: 2nd Cir.
    Judge: MINER,Circuit Judge:
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    Case Number: 09-4475-cr

    No. 09-4475-crUSA v. ConcaAugust Term 2010Submitted: November 16, 2010Before: MINER, STRAUB, AND LIVINGSTON, Circuit Judges.Appeal from a judgment of conviction and sentence entered Oct

  • US v. Marc A. Conca, 09-4475-cr

    Publication Date: 2011-03-02
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Miner, Straub, and Livingston, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard D. Beliss, Rajit S. Dosanjh, Assistant United States Attorneys (for Richard S. Hartunian, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York), Syracuse, New York, for Appellee. Paul Evangelista, Assistant Federal Public Defender (Molly Corbett, on the brief), for Alexander Bunin, Federal Public Defender, Northern District of New York, Albany, New York, for Defendant-Appellant.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 09-4475-cr

    Cite as: US v. Marc A. Conca, 09-4475-cr, NYLJ 1202483473926, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided February 15, 2011)Before: Miner, Straub, and Livingston, C.JJ.p class

  • Kropelnicki v. Siegel

    Publication Date: 2002-05-09
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    Date Filed: 2002-05-08
    Court: 2nd Cir.
    Judge: Miner, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: Docket Nos. 01-7

    Argued: November 8, 2001Affirmed in part; appeal dismissed in part.Plaintiff-appellant-cross-appellee Laura Kropelnicki appeals from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for th

  • United States v. Velasquez

    Publication Date: 2001-11-21
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    Date Filed: 2001-11-15
    Court: 2nd Cir.
    Judge: Miner, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 00-1494

    Argued: June 29, 2001Appeal from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Chatigny, J.), following a jury trial, convicting defendant-appellant of one

  • Proctor & Gamble Co. v. Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    Publication Date: 1999-12-07
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    Date Filed: 1999-12-07
    Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Meskill, Miner, and Parker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: E. Edward Bruce, et al.
    for defendant: Ethan Horwitz, et al.
    Case Number: No. 99-7196

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. P&G claims error in numerous aspects of Judge Patterson's findings of fact and conclusions of law. This

  • In re WestPoint Stevens, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-04-06
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    Date Filed: 2010-03-26
    Court: 2nd Cir.
    Judge: Miner, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: Docket Nos. 07-4772-bk (L), 07-4843-bk (CON), 07-4845-bk (CON), 07-4865-bk (XAP), 07-4872-bk (CON), 07-4874-bk (CON), 07-4964-bk (XAP), 07-5018-bk (XAP), 07-5019-bk (CON), 07-5043-bk (CON), 07-5049-bk (CON)

    Argued: November 14, 2008Before: MINER, HALL, and LIVINGSTON, Circuit Judges.*fn1In this bankruptcy proceeding, secured creditor, Aretex LLC ("Aretex"), and its

  • ACORN V. US (TEST)

    Publication Date: 2010-08-16
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    Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Miner, Cabranes, and Wesley, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: JULES LOBEL, Darius Charney, and William Quigley, Center for Constitutional Rights, Pittsburgh, PA and New York, NY; William Goodman and Julie Hurwitz, Goodman & Hurwitz, P.C., Detroit, MI; Arthur Schwartz, New York, NY, for plaintiffs-appellees. Mark D. Stern, Somerville, MA; John C. Philo, Maurice & Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic &Social Justice, Detroit, MI, for amici curiae United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America; Communications Workers of America; Communications Workers of America Local 1180; Transport Workers Union of America; Transport Workers Union of America of Greater New York; Jobs with Justice; Interfaith Worker Justice; and Maurice & Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice. Charles S. Sims and Anna G. Kaminska, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY; Stephen I. Vladeck, Washington, D.C. for amici curiae Constitutional Law Professors Bruce Ackerman, Erwin Chemerinsky, David D. Cole, Michael C. Dorf, Mark Graber, Seth F. Kreimer, Sanford V. Levinson, Burt Neuborne, and Stephen I. Vladeck. Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded.
    for defendant: MARK B. STERN, Michael S. Raab, Benjamin S. Kingsley, and Helen L. Gilbert, Appellate Staff,Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice (Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of Justice; Benton J. Campbell, Attorney, Eastern District of New York), Washington, D.C. and Brooklyn, NY, for defendants-appellants. Daniel R. Murdock, Patton Boggs LLP, New York, NY; Haaris Ahmad, Assistant Corporation Counsel, Wayne County, Michigan, Detroit, MI, for amicuscuriae Wayne County, Michigan. David B. Rankin and Mark Taylor, Rankin & Taylor, New York, NY, for amici curiae Alliance for Justice; Citizen Action of New York; Hakeem Jeffries; Labor Education & Research Project; Legal Aid Society of New York City; Marty Markowitz; Kevin Powell; Western States Center; and Jumaane D. Williams.
    Case Number: 09-5172--cv (L); 10-0992-cv (CON)

    Cite as: ACORN v. United States, 09-5172—cv (L); 10-0992-cv (CON), NYLJ 1202466558542, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided: August 13, 2010)p class="judges