This appeal arose from defendant’s conviction, after a guilty plea, on child pornography charges. Defendant challenged his conviction and sentence. The court held that the district court erred when it imposed a mandatory life sentence pursuant to 18 U…. Continue reading
Defendant pleaded guilty to wire fraud and subsequently appealed her sentence of principally 78 months’ imprisonment. Defendant argued that her sentence was procedurally defective and substantively unreasonable. Defendant argued that the district court… Continue reading
This petition for enforcement of an order of the Board and an employer’s cross-petition for review primarily concerned the validity of an employer’s dress code provision limiting employees to displaying only prounion buttons on their work uniforms. Als… Continue reading
Plaintiffs appeal from an order of the district court dismissing their complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. Plaintiffs argued that New York’s Kosher Law Protection Act of 2004 (Kosher Act), N.Y. Agric. & Mkts. Law … Continue reading
This case arose from a longstanding insurance dispute between plaintiffs and their excess insurers. Plaintiffs appealed an order of appraisal in the district court and that court’s subsequent order confirming the appraisal award and granting defendants… Continue reading
Plaintiffs appealed from the dismissal of their amended and second amended complaints for failure to state a claim under Rule 12(b)(6). The two complaints asserted claims for relief against defendants under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Ex… Continue reading
Plaintiff Townsend alleged that she was sexually harassed by defendant, who was the husband of the President of her company, the sole corporate Vice President, as well as a shareholder of the company. Before Plaintiff Grey-Allen, the Human Resources Di… Continue reading
Plaintiff appealed from a judgment of the district court dismissing her complaint alleging disparate treatment on the basis of race and gender, retaliation, and sexual harassment by her employer, the State Parole Division, in violation of Title VII of … Continue reading
Plaintiffs appealed the dismissal of their complaint challenging a number of agreements entered into by the City of New York with respect to labor conditions on certain City construction projects. Plaintiffs argued that the agreements regulated the lab… Continue reading
HOP Energy appealed from the district court’s confirmation of an arbitration award in favor of Local 553 Pension Fund. The district court held that HOP Energy was not exempt from withdrawal liability under the Multi-Employer Pension Plan Amendments Act… Continue reading