All Articles tagged Second Circuit

• New York Appeals
  October 12, 2018 EDT
  JUDGE JENNY RIVERA: THE LONE DISSENTER FOR THE ACCUSED
  Linnea E. Riegel

  After five years on the bench, Judge Rivera is not known as a judicial activist, a judge for women or Latina/os; she is the judge for the accused.

• New York Appeals
  January 01, 2014 EDT
  SEEKING JUSTICE IN THE EMPIRE STATE: COURT OF APPEALS BROADENS THE REACH OF LONG ARM JURISDICTION AND CLARIFIES THE STATUTORY GUIDELINES FOR APPLICATION OF CPLR SECTION 302(A)(1)
  Jay C. Carlisle

  This article discusses long-arm jurisdiction under CPLR section 302(a)(1) and analyzes the recent New York State Court of Appeals decision in Licci ex rel. Licci v. Lebanese Canadian Bank, SAL.

• New York Appeals
  March 03, 2012 EDT
  DISSENTING AT NEW YORK‘S FEDERAL APPEALS COURT: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF SECOND CIRCUIT DISSENTS AND THE FREQUENT DISSENTER, JUDGE ROSEMARY POOLER
  Jessica N. Clemente

  This Article presents an empirical study of dissents at the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, with a focus on Judge Pooler, who dissented most in the time period studied.

• New York Appeals
  March 03, 2012 EDT
  INSTITUTIONAL CONSERVATISM AND ITS IMPACT ON APPELLATE DECISION-MAKING: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
  Robert J. Brenner

  This Article examines the dissenting opinions of Judges sitting on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals from August 1, 2006 to October 1, 2011.

• New York Appeals
  March 03, 2012 EDT
  STAYING TRUE TO THE IDEALS OF FUNDAMENTAL FAIRNESS: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF THE DISSENTS OF JUDGE STRAUB
  Danielle L. Levine

  This Article presents an empirical study of the dissenting opinions of Judge Struab of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

• New York Appeals
  March 03, 2012 EDT
  DECISION-MAKING AT THE SECOND CIRCUIT: JUDGES BARRINGTON D. PARKER, JR. AND ROBERT D. SACK
  Christina L. Shifton

  Empirical examination of the voting patterns of two judges, Judge Barrington D. Parker, Jr. and Judge Robert D. Sack of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

• New York Appeals
  March 03, 2012 EDT
  CONSERVATISM IN THE SECOND CIRCUIT: AN ANALYSIS OF THE DISSENTING OPINIONS OF JUDGE DEBRA LIVINGSTON & JUDGE REENA RAGGI
  Michael C. Tedesco

  This Article examines whether a Judge's political ideology influences their judicial decisions, with a focus on the conservative ideology of two Second Circuit Court of Appeal Judges, Judge Livingston and...