• Wyly v. Weiss, 10-4785-cv

    Publication Date: 2012-10-11
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Kearse, Cabranes, and Sack, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Respondents-Appellants: William A. Brewer (Alexander D. Widell, on the brief), Bickel & Brewer, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Movants-Appellees: Gregory P. Joseph (Douglas J. Pepe and Jeffrey H. Zaiger, on the brief), Gregory P. Joseph Law Offices LLC, New York, NY; (Philip R. Forlenza and Benjamin S. Litman, on the brief), Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY; (Eric R. Levine, on the brief), Eiseman Levine Lehrhaupt & Kakoyiannis, P.C., New York, NY; (Robert J. Pariser, on the brief), Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 10-4785-cv

    Cite as: Wyly v. Weiss, 10-4785-cv, NYLJ 1202574549991, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided October 10, 2012)Before: Kearse, Cabranes, and Sack, C.JJ.p class="de

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