Because Plaintiff was not a member of a protected class nor were Defendants’ actions motivated by Pl
Plaintiff was a lecturer in the music department at City University of New York (“CUNY”). Plaintiff regularly complained of bullying and...
Elite Travel Employee not paid nearly 400 hours of overtime; awarded time and a half and liquidated
The action was brought pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 201 and New York Labor Law (implementing its regulations),...
Habeas Corpus Upheld - NYS Court Violated Defendants' Right to Examine Detective
This is the appeal of a decision of the SDNY to grant Petitioner-Appellee Julio Alvarez a writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254...
Defendant-Appellant, already in custdoy, Invoked and then Wavied his Miranda Rights after Agents' co
After invoking his Miranda Rights, the Second Circuit found that the Defendant-Appellant could revoke his invocation of his Miranda...
African American “not fitting in” and Caucasian employee “fitting in better” considered pretext and
The Second Circuit assumed that denial to the van was an adverse employment action and evaluated two statements of which the District...
Defendant NYC Police Officers are not entitled to Qualified Immunity for the mass arrests that occur
Garcia v. Jane and John Doe, 12-2634-cv (Aug. 21 2014) In their complaint, the Plaintiffs attached video footage and photographs that...
Withdrawal of Guilty Plea because of DA's failure to advise defense counsel of contaminants on the I
People of the State of New York v. Jonna W. Kull 2012NA023195 The Nassau County District Attorney’s Office waited until after defendant...
2nd Cir: District Court made findings, based on father's affidavit, that the closure of the Courtroo
The government recovered a Yahoo transcript between Defendant Ledee and a mother and her child (referred to as KO) describing various...
2005 Homestead Exemption amendment applies to debts incurred prior to the amendment’s effective date
1256 Hertel Avenue Associates v. Calloway, 12‐1603‐bk (2d Cir. Aug 1, 2014) Read the full decision Here The issue in this case is whether...
Kirkland v. Cablevision Systems, 13‐3625‐cv (2d Cir. July 25, 2014)
Plaintiff Garry Kirkland, who was (2008) the only African-American Area Operations Manager in Cablevision, represented himself in a...
