Gender Discrimination: Hollander v. Copacabana Nightclub 

By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: September 2, 2010
Tags: Case Digests, gender discrimination, u.s. court of appeals for the second circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Gender Discrimination
Hollander v. Copacabana Nightclub
08-5547-cv
Appealed from the Southern District of New York
Background: Plaintiff-appellant Roy Den Hollander, individually and on behalf of a putative class of similarly situated men, appeals the Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal of his Section 1983 action brought against several New York City nightclubs for discriminating against [...]

Personal Jurisdiction: Sinoying Logistics Pte Ltd. v. Yi Da Xin Trading Corp. 

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POSTED: September 1, 2010
Tags: Case Digests, personal jurisdiction, u.s. court of appeals for the second circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Personal Jurisdiction
Faulty Basis of  Quasi in Rem Jurisdiction
Sinoying Logistics Pte Ltd. v. Yi Da Xin Trading Corp.
09-5368-cv
Appealed from the Southern District of New York
Background: At issue is whether a district court can dismiss a maritime complaint sua sponte for lack of personal jurisdiction when the sole basis [...]

Venue: U.S. v. Barrie 

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POSTED: September 1, 2010
Tags: Case Digests, u.s. court of appeals for the second circuit, venue

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Venue
Predicate Felony as Basis for Venue
U.S. v. Barrie
09-3035-cr
Appealed from the Southern District of New York
Background: The federal aggravated identity theft statute, 18 U.S.C. §1028A, prohibits the knowing transfer, possession or use of a means of identification of another person “during and in relation to” certain enumerated felony offenses. [...]

Depraved Indifference: Mannix v. Phillips 

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POSTED: August 31, 2010
Tags: depraved indifference, Second Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals, void-for-vagueness doctrine

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Depraved Indifference
Void-for-Vagueness Doctrine
Mannix v. Phillips
07-0664-pr
Appealed from the Southern District of New York
Background: Petitioners John Mannix and Jermaine Archer, appealing from respective judgments of the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, contend that, at the time each of their convictions became final, New York’s depraved indifference murder statute, N.Y. Penal [...]

Actions Against U.S.: Kurzberg v. Ashcroft 

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POSTED: August 31, 2010
Tags: actions against U.S., Second Circuit, service of process, U.S. Court of Appeals

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Actions Against U.S.
Service of Process
Kurzberg v. Ashcroft
07-0542-cv
Appealed from the Eastern District of New York
Background: The appeal is from the dismissal for failure to serve process on the United States of an action brought under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). [...]

ERISA: Bell v. Pfizer Inc. 

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POSTED: August 31, 2010
Tags: ERISA, Second Circuit, stock options, U.S. Court of Appeals

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
ERISA
Stock Options
Bell v. Pfizer Inc.
07-5390-cv
Appealed from the Southern District of New York
Background: Diana Bell, M.D., appeals from a bench trial verdict that found the appellees did not breach any fiduciary duties owed to her under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. On May 31, 2003, Bell terminated her [...]

No-Fault Law: Luo v. Mikel 

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POSTED: August 31, 2010
Tags: Federal Jurisdiction, no-fault law, Second Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
No-Fault Law
Federal Jurisdiction
Luo v. Mikel
09-2538-cr
Appealed from the Eastern District of New York
Background: Luo was involved in a motor vehicle accident on April 9, 2008 with defendant Steven Eugene Mikel, who was driving a Peterbilt truck owned by defendant St. Michael Motor Express Inc. The plaintiff commenced her lawsuit in New [...]

Fines and Forfeitures: U.S. v. Pfaff 

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POSTED: August 30, 2010
Tags: fines and forfeitures, Second Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Fines and Forfeitures
U.S. v. Pfaff
09-1702-cr
Appealed from the Southern District of New York
Background: The appeals are from judgments of conviction and a sentence entered in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York following a 10-week jury trial. The central issue is whether the district court plainly erred [...]

Bankruptcy: In Re Shayna H. Zarnel 

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POSTED: August 27, 2010
Tags: Bankruptcy, credit counseling requirements, Second Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Bankruptcy
Credit Counseling Requirements
In Re Shayna H. Zarnel
07-0090-bk
Appealed from the Southern District of New York
Background: On appeal from a judgment of the District Court, the petitioning United States Trustee argues that she has standing to appeal bankruptcy court orders striking the bankruptcy petitions of respondents-appellees and that, under the strictures of [...]