Legal Research

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U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, SECOND CIRCUIT
Constitutional Law
Free With Registration: Teacher Cannot Pursue First Amendment Claim Over Alleged Retaliation Against School
Weintraub v. Board of Education*

NEW YORK COUNTY
Contracts
Defendant's Inability to Make Payment on Loan Not Valid Excuse for Failing to Tender Payments
Beneficial New York Inc. v. Vazquez

NEW YORK COUNTY
Contracts
Court Declares Plaintiff Owner of Frozen Account; Brokerage Must Turn Over Funds From Account
Samuel French Inc. v. Van Nostrand

NEW YORK COUNTY
Civil Practice
Petitioners Lack Standing to Seek Declaratory Judgment to Declare Void Settlement?s Provisions
Tribeca Community Assoc. v. NYC Dept. of Sanitation

NEW YORK COUNTY
Contracts
Voluntary Payment Doctrine Bars Recovery Of Payments Made Voluntarily by Tenant
Murray Hill Mews Owners Corp. v. Rio Restaurant Associates LP

APPELLATE DIVISION
SECOND DEPARTMENT
Taxation
State's Special Franchise Tax System Preempts Municipal Real Property Tax Assessment Systems
Matter of Level 3 Communications LLC v. DeBellis

KINGS COUNTY
Contracts
Statute of Frauds Bars Cause of Action For Breach of Contract of Real Property
Shen v. Signature Development Corp.

ROCKLAND COUNTY
Insurance Law
Plaintiff Makes Sufficient Showing He Is Rightful Beneficiary of Father's Life Insurance Policy
Kliamovich v. Kliamovich

U.S. DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Intellectual Property
$1.5 Million Awarded for Trademark Infringement By Counterfeit Items; Willfulness Mitigation Noted
Burberry Limited v. Designers Imports Inc.

U.S. DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Consumer Protection
Spanish Sentence Rendered Debt Validation Notice in Violation of Debt Act as Matter of Law
Ehrich v. I.C. Systems Inc.

U.S. DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Contracts
Parties Lacked Intent for Work Schedule To Constitute a Binding Agreement
Rubinstein v. Clark & Green Inc.

U.S. DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Civil Practice
Inmate's Depression Ruled Not 'Excusable Neglect' Warranting Extension to File for Forfeiture
United States v. 1311 Five Mile Road