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Category: Appellate Law
Second Opinions - August 17, 2010
No tax. The Indian and Mongolian missions are not subject to taxation, pursuant to a Notice issued by the State Department, pursuant to its authority under the Foreign Missions Act. The Notice establishes an exemption from real property taxes on property owned by foreign governmen
Second Opinions - August 02, 2010
No arbitration. The Second Circuit has held that an arbitration clause in a promissory note was unconscionable under California law because of class-action and class-arbitration provisions. Accordingly, the plaintiff, in Fensterstock v. Education Finance Partners
Second Opinions - August 02, 2010
Top Guns. While the Second Circuit is one of the most important commercial courts in the United States, we rarely get a number of top gun attorneys appearing in a single case. In Fox Television Statements, Inc. v. FCC. Three top well-known appellate lawy
Second Opinions - August 02, 2010
Psychedelic Drug Blawg. My friend and colleague Noah Potter has entered the blawgosphere with a new blog, which deals in large part, with medical marijuana issues. You can find the New Amsterdam Psychedelic Law Blog her
Second Opinions - June 24, 2010
Wrong. The Appellate Division, Third Department has disagreed with the Second Circuit on the constitutionality of New York's persistent felony offenders sentencing statute. In People v. Battease, the Third Department rejected the defendant's contention th
Second Opinions - June 22, 2010
EFTs. The Second Circuit has held that electronic fund transfers temporarily in the possession of an intermediate bank in New York may not be garnished. The decision in Export-Import Bank of the United States v. Asia Pulp & Paper Co. can be found
Second Opinions - June 04, 2010
Costs. The Second Circuit has held that a district court was not restricted in any way from awarding a successful appellant as a cost the expense of obtaining a letter of credit in order to bond an appeal. The mandate of the appellate court does not have to specify what costs may
Second Opinions - May 24, 2010
Certified questions. This time the questions are certified to the Vermont Supreme Court. The case, Hunt Construction Group, Inc. v. Brennan Beer Gorman/Architects, P.C., involves a dispute between a general contractor and design professionals. The Distr
Second Opinions - May 24, 2010
More certified questions. This time the questions are being certified to the Connecticut Supreme Court. The case, Arrowood Indemnity Co. v. King, involves an insurance company's disclaimer of liability purportedly because the accident at issue did not occ
Second Opinions - May 24, 2010
Federal rate. The Second Circuit has held that the federal rate of post-judgment interest rather than the New York rate should be applied in a diversity case where the contract at issue contains a choice-of-law provision providing that New York law applies. The Court held that the
Second Opinions - May 21, 2010
Nomination to the Second Circuit. President Obama has nominated Yale University deputy general counsel Susan Carney to a seat on the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Second Opinions - April 28, 2010
Pro se Estate. The Second Circuit has held that the administrator of an estate can represent the estate pro se where the estate has no other beneficiaries (other than the administrator) or creditors. The decision in Guest v. Hansen
Second Opinions - April 28, 2010
No appellate jurisdiction. The Second Circuit, in Greenwich Financial Services Distressed Mortgage Fund 3 LLC v. Countrywide Financial Corp., held that the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 bars appellate review of orders remanding securities class actions
Second Opinions - April 15, 2010
Late again. In Lora v. O'Heaney, the appellants, two defendants in a prisoner lawsuit had moved for summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds. The District Court denied the motion on January 21, 2009. The appellants moved for reconsideration under R
Second Opinions - March 29, 2010
Late. Bad news for the defendant in Napoli v. City of Windsor. A motion for summary judgment on qualified immunity was denied on January 12, 2009. On May 14, 2009, an order was issued clarifying the January 12, 2009. On June 9, 2009, the defendant filed
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