New York Hague Convention Law

<H2> United States of America v. Wei Qiang Lin

Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with falsely labeling live turtles, snakes, and lizards as toys prior to exporting them in delivery boxes destined to Hong Kong. between August 2023 and November 2024, Lin exported to Hong Kong approximately 222 parcels containing around 850 turtles, but he labeled the boxes as containing “plastic animal toys,” a... More...

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United States of America v. James Cromitie, Onta Willaims, David Williams, and Laguerre Payen

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit murdeer, use of certain weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, and protection of officers and employees of the United. States James Cromitie, Onta Willaims, David Williams, and Laguerre Payen were all charged with engaging in a conspiracy to commit terrorist act. In Oct... More...

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Tieku Annor v. Attorney General United States

<center><h2><center> New York, NY - Immigration lawyer represented defendant seeking review of a final order of removal. </h2></center> Annor is a citizen of Ghana. He first entered the United States in 2008, and then traveled back and forth between Ghana and the United States several times. In 2018, when he attempted to enter the United States o... More...

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Bairon Ramos-Padilla v. Attorney General United States

<center><h2><center> New York, NY - Immigration lawyer represented defendant seeking review of a final order of removal. </h2></center> Ramos-Padilla is a native and citizen of Honduras who entered the United States without inspection at the age of seventeen. He was detained by immigration officials and placed in removal proceedings, which were a... More...

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MARCIA MELENDEZ, et al v. CITY OF NEW YORK et al.

<center><h2><center> New York, NY - Constitutional law lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued the City and various named City officials seeking a judgment declaring the challenged laws unconstitutional and for an injunction permanently enjoining their enforcement. </h2></center> In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, governments at all levelsâ€”fe... More...

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United States of America v. Christopher Casacci

Buffalo, NY: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged for violating the Lacey Act and the Animal Welfare Act by trafficking African wild cats. Christopher Casacci, 39, of Amherst, was doing business as "ExoticCubs.com,â€ through which he advertised, imported and sold exotic African cats. Between February and June of 2018, Casacci imported and sold dozens of caracals (Ca... More...

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Cayuga Nation, et al. v. Howard Tanner, et al

<center><h2><center> New York, NY - Indian Gaming Regulatory Act ("IGRAâ€) lawyer represented defendant with a Indian Gaming Regulatory Act ("IGRAâ€) claim. </h2></center> This case marks the latest installment of a decades-long dispute between the Cayuga Nation (the "Nationâ€), a federally recognized Indian tribe, and the Village o... More...

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United States of America v. Christopher Casacci

Buffalo, NY - The United States of America sued Christopher Casacci with trafficking in African wild cats. A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Christopher Casacci, 38, of Amherst, New York, with violating the Lacey Act and the U.S. Animal Welfare Act based on his trafficking of African wild cats in interstate commerce. The indictment charges that Casacci, doing b... More...

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Muhammad Tanvir, et al. v. FN Tanzin, et al.

7 Plaintiffs‐Appellants Muhammad Tanvir, Jameel Algibah, and Naveed 8 Shinwari (“Plaintiffs”) appeal from a February 17, 2016 final judgment of the 9 United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Abrams, J.), 10 dismissing their complaint against senior federal law enforcement officials and 11 25 named and unnamed federal law enforcement officers. As... More...

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United States of America v. Joseph Tigano, III

2 On July 8, 2008, Joseph Tigano, III and his father, Joseph Tigano, Sr., were 3 arrested on charges related to a marijuana growing enterprise allegedly operated 4 by the two men. When Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) task force 5 members executed a search warrant at the Tiganos’ residence on the morning of 6 the arrest, they discovered over 1,400 marijuana plants. On ... More...

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Eileen Bransten v. State of New York

The issue presented on this appeal is whether Civil Service Law § 167 (8), as amended, authorizing a reduction of the State's contribution to health insurance benefits for State employees, including members of the State judiciary, violates the Judicial Compensation Clause [*2]of the State Constitution (NY Const, art VI, § 25 [a]). We conclude the State's contribution is not judicial compensation... More...

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United States of America v. Fengyi Zhou

Brooklyn, NY - Long Island Man Sentenced to Two Years for Trafficking Rhinoceros Horns Fengyi Zhou, a resident of Syosset, New York, and the owner of a business specializing in Asian works of art, was sentenced to two years of imprisonment for one count of information of wildlife trafficking in violation of the Lacey Act for illegally trafficking horns from endangered black rhinoceros.<br... More...

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United States of America v. Joseph Chait

New York, NY - Senior Auction Official At Beverly Hills Auction House Sentenced To Prison For Wildlife Trafficking Joseph Chait, the senior auction administrator of I.M. Chait Gallery, located in Beverly Hills, California, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison and a $10,000 fine for conspiring to smuggle wildlife products made from rhinoceros horn, elephant ivory, and coral with... More...

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Spurlino Materials of Indianapolis, LLC v. NLRB

The petitioner’s employees conducted a strike that they said was intended to protest the company’s unlawful termination of and failure to reinstate a prominent union supporter. At the same time, they honored a clause in an agreement they had with the company not to strike -- for any reason -- on one particular construction project. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) found that the st... More...

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Purdue Pharma L.P. et al v. Amneal Pharmaceuticals, LLC

The anticipating reference need not explicitly spell out each element of the anticipated patent claim, but rather can teach a claim limitation if the “teaching is inherent in the [] prior art reference.” Corning Glass Works v. Sumitomo Elec. USA, Inc., 868 F.2d 1251, 1262 (Fed. Cir. 1989). To show inherent anticipation, a defendant must demonstrate clearly and convincingly that a claim limitat... More...

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Natural Resources Defense Counsel v. United States Department of Environmental Protection

Congress created the CWA to limit pollution in the waters of the United States. See 33 U.S.C. § 1251(a) (objective of CWA is to ʺrestore and within 120 days of the issuance of the VGP, as required under 33 U.S.C. § 1369(b)(1). Accordingly, this Court has jurisdiction over the petitions pursuant to section 509(b)(1)(F) o... More...

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Harrison v. Republic of Sudan

Plaintiffs‐appellants are sailors and spouses of sailors injured in the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole, who brought suit against Sudan in the D.C. District Court on October 4, 2010, under 28 U.S.C. § 1605A, the terrorism exception to the FSIA, alleging that Sudan provided material support to al Qaeda, whose operatives perpet... More...

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Salmon v. Blesser

The following facts are drawn from Salmon’s complaint and are presumed to be true for purposes of this appeal. See Diaz v. Paterson, 547 F.3d 88, 91 (2d Cir. 2008). On September 1, 2010, Salmon accompanied his attorney to the Albany City Court to examine a court file. Because only lawyers were permitted into the ... More...

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Daniel Berman v. NEO@Ogilby, LLC and WPP Group, Inc.

This appeal presents the recurring issue of statutory interpretation that arises when express terms in one provision of a statute are arguably in tension with language in another provision of the same statute. The Supreme Court recently encountered a similar issue when it interpreted a provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in Burwell v. King, 135 S. Ct... More...

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Oliver Salmon v. Thomas Blesser

Plaintiff Oliver Salmon sued the City of Albany, the Albany Police Department, Police Officer Thomas Blesser, and two “John Doe” employees of the Police Department under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and New York State law for alleged constitutional and tort injuries resulting from the use of physical force to eject him from the Albany City Court. Salmon now appeals from a judgment ent... More...

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United States of America v. Cristobal Veliez

2 Narcisa Veliz Novack (“Novack”) and her brother Cristobal Veliz (“Veliz”) 3 appeal from judgments of conviction entered following a two-month jury trial in 4 the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Kenneth 5 M. Karas, Judge). Both were convicted of numerous offenses, including one 6 count of racketeering in violation of the Racketeer Influe... More...

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Chen v. Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. et al.

We draw the following facts from Chen’s first amended complaint 8 (“Complaint”) and the documents incorporated therein by reference. Fed. R. Civ. 9 P. 10(c); see Roth v. Jennnings, 489 F.3d 499, 509 (2d Cir. 2007) (“Documents that 10 are attached to the complaint or incorporated in it by reference are deemed part 11 <... More...

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John Chen v. Major League Baseball Properties, Inc.

5 Plaintiff‐Appellant John Chen brought suit against Major League Baseball 6 Properties, Inc. and the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball (“Defendants”) 7 alleging violations of the minimum wage and recordkeeping provisions of the 8 Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq., and the New York 9 Labor Law (“NYLL”), §§ 190 et seq. & 650 et se... More...

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Luis Ramon Morales-Santana aka Louis Morales v. Loretta E. Lynch

32 Luis Ramon Morales‐Santana asks us to review a March 3, 2011 33 decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying his motion to 3 reopen his removal 1 proceedings relating to his claim of derivative 2 citizenship. Under the statute in effect when Morales‐Santana was born – the 3 Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (the “1952 Act”) – a c... More...

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Emmanuel Ellul v. Congregation of Christian Brothers, Order of the Sisters of Mercy, Catholic Religious Order

In Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., 133 S. Ct. 1659 (2013), the Supreme Court held that, with very limited exceptions, the Alien Tort Statute, 28 U.S.C. Â§ 1350 ("ATSâ€), does not apply extraterritorially to conduct that occurs outside the United States. 133 S. Ct. at 1665. The actions that form the basis of this case occurred far from the United States and many decades ... More...

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Brian Anthony Martinez v. Bloomberg, L.P.

21 Plaintiff-Appellant Brian Anthony Martinez ("Martinezâ€) appeals from a 22 judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New 23 York (Furman, J.), dismissing his complaint for improper venue under Rule 24 12(b)(3) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Martinez brought this action 25 against his former employer, Bloomberg LP ("Bloombergâ€)... More...

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John Matthew Hollis v. Olivia Skye O'Driscoll

In this appeal we consider whether the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Alison J. Nathan, Judge) erred in granting the petition of John Matthew Hollis for the return of his daughter, H.L.O., from New York to New Zealand, pursuant to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, Oct. 25, 1980, T.I.A.S. No. 11,670, 1343 U.N.T.S. 89 (th... More...

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Adam Hofmann v. Marina Abigail Sender

Petitioner-Appellee initiated proceedings pursuant to Article 3 of the Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, Oct. 25, 1980, T.I.A.S. No. 11, 679, 1343 U.N.T.S. 89, reprinted in 51 Fed. Reg. 10, 494 (Mar. 26, 1986) ("Hague Conventionâ€ or "Conventionâ€), implemented by the International Child Abduction Remedies Act (ICARA), 42 U.S.C. Â§ 11601 et seq. (2000)... More...

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Nurettin Ozaltin v. Zeynep Tekiner Ozaltin

Petitioner-appellee Nurettin Ozaltin ("the Fatherâ€) brought this suit under the International Child Abduction Remedies Act ("ICARAâ€), 42 U.S.C. Â§ 11603(b),1 seeking the return of his two minor children to Turkey, as well as an order enforcing his rights under Turkish law to visit the children as long as they stayed in the United States with their mother, respondent-appellant Zeynep ... More...

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M.D. Imad John Bakoss v. Certain Underwriters At Lloyds of London Issuing Certificate No. 0510135

11 Plaintiff-appellant Imad John Bakoss ("Bakossâ€) appeals from a September 28, 2011 12 judgment of the District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Dora L. Irizarry, Judge): 13 (1) denying his motion to dismiss for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction; and (2) granting the motion 14 for summary judgment by defendant-appellee, Certain Underwriters at Lloyds of London Issui... More...

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Michael Marcavage v. The City of New York

25 Michael Marcavage and Steven Lefemine ("Plaintiffsâ€), 26 protesters at the 2004 Republican National Convention at 27 Madison Square Garden, were arrested after they failed to 2 1 comply with police instructions to move along from an area 2 where demonstrating was prohibited and to one designated for 3 protesting. They brought this suit under 42 U.S.C. Â§ 1983 ... More...

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Linda Velez v. Betsy Sanchez

26 This is an appeal from the district court's grant of summary judgment against the plaintiff 27 and its prior grant of a motion to dismiss one count of the amended complaint. Plaintiff- 28 Appellant Linda Velez ("Velezâ€) brought this action against Betsy Sanchez ("Sanchezâ€), 29 Sanchez's sister Shari Munoz, and Sanchez's and Shari's mother Yolanda Munoz under the 30 A... More...

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Susan Galloway v. Town of Greece

Since 1999, the Town of Greece, New York, has begun its Town Board meetings with a short prayer. In 2008, town residents Susan Galloway and Linda Stephens brought suit against the town and Town Supervisor John Auberger in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, asserting that aspects of this prayer practice violated the Establishment Clause. The district court (Charl... More...

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Garcia v. USICE (Department of Homeland Security)

28 Carlos Garcia was born in the Dominican Republic on 29 December 24, 1978. His family immigrated to the United 30 States in 1984, and shortly thereafter, he became a lawful 31 permanent resident. When Garcia's family arrived in the 32 United States, they resided on West 107th Street in 33 Manhattan. 34 In 1988, while his family was vacationing in the 35 Dominican Repu... More...

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Hugo Aleiandro Villegas Duran v. Johana Ivette Arribada Beaumont

Appellant, Hugo Alejandro Villegas Duran, sought an order compelling Appellee, Johana Ivette Arribada Beaumont, to return their daughter, Valentina Almendra Villegas Arribada, to Chile under the Hague Convention. He contended that Appellee's violation of Chilean law â€“ removing their daughter to the United States and keeping her there past the three months authorized by a Chilean court â€... More...

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John Galliano, S.A. v. Stallion, Inc.

A court in Paris, France entered a money judgment in favor of John Galliano, S.A. (Galliano) against Stallion, Inc. (Stallion), and Galliano seeks to have that judgment recognized in New York. The Appellate Division, applying New York's Uniform Foreign Country Money-Judgments Recognition Act, codified at CPLR article 53, concluded that the French judgment should be recognized in New York (62 AD3d ... More...

$0 (06-08-2010 - NY)

Cynthia Brzak v. United Nations

Cynthia Brzak and Nasr Ishak appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Sweet, J.) dismissing claims against the United Nations and various United Nations officials. The complaint charges defendants with sex discrimination under several federal statutory and state common law theories. The district court dismissed the claims for lack of subject... More...

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Niagara Mohawk v. Consolidated Rail

This case is yet another in a series of cases that attempt to chart the contours of liability of a potentially responsible party ("PRPâ€) under Â§Â§ 107(a)(4)(B) and 113(f)(3)(B) for contribution towards, and payment of, costs resulting from the identification and cleanup of hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liab... More...

$0 (02-24-2010 - NY)

Professional Firefighters of New Hampshire v. Local Government Center, Inc. & a.

The respondents, Local Government Center, Inc. (LGC) and its subsidiaries, appeal an order of the Superior Court (Mangones, J.) granting summary judgment in favor of the petitioner, Professional Firefighters of New Hampshire (Professional Firefighters), and ruling that: (1) two of LGC's subsidiaries are subject to the Right-to-Know Law, RSA ch. 91-A (2001 & Supp. 2009); (2) certain salary informat... More...

$0 (02-04-2010 - NY)

Sara Yakin v. Tyler Hill Corporation

Defendant-Appellant Tyler Hill Corporation appeals from a decision of the United States 13 District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Feuerstein, J) enforcing a forum selection 14 clause and remanding the case to the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of 15 Nassau. We affirm the district court's decision, although for somewhat different reasons from 16 those e... More...

$0 (05-12-2009 - NY)