Cases

STEPHEN A. HIGGINSON, Circuit Judge: This appeal involves the shifting legal landscape under the Voting Rights Act and its impact on Plaintiffs’ entitlement to attorneys’ fees. Leading up to the 2012 state Senate elections in Texas, Texas failed to gain preclearance of its recently enacted Senate redistricting plan as required under then-existing law. Because Texas’s new plan had

AMENDED ORDER * XAVIER RODRIGUEZ, District Judge and ORLANDO L. GARCIA, District Judge: This Order addresses Plaintiffs’ claims against the plan for the United States House of Representatives (“congressional plan” or “Plan C185”) enacted by the Texas Legislature in 2011, following a full trial on the claims.1 Plaintiffs mount both statewide claims

ORDER JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge, ORLANDO L. GARCIA, and XAVIER RODRIGUEZ, District Judges. After careful deliberation, the Court grants the parties’ request to amend their pleadings and denies Defendants’’ motion to dismiss the -2011 claims- as moot. All legal challenges and requests for injunctive, declaratory and equitable relief relating to .the 2011 and 2013 enacted plans will remain in this Court. T

ORDER ORLANDO L. GARCIA, District Judge, JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge, XAVIER RODRIGUEZ, District Judge. On this date, the Court considered Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (docket no. *614995). Defendants raise two arguments in their motion: (1) the claims relating to the 2011 plans are moot and the Court should reconsider its prior rulings to the c

261 F.Supp.2d 61 (2003) DATA RESEARCH CORP., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Cesar REY HERNANDEZ, et al., Defendants. Civil Nos. 02-1253 (JAG), 02-1625UAG), 02-1758(JAG). United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico. April 30, 2003. *63 John F. Nevares, Smith & Nevares, San Juan, PR, Camilo K. Salas, Sessions, Fishman & Nathan LLP

ORDER ON PLAN H358 XAVIER RODRIGUEZ, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE This Order addresses Plaintiffs’ statutory and constitutional claims against Plan H358, enacted by the 83rd Texas Legislature in 2013. The following Plaintiffs assert claims against Plan H358: The Texas Latino Redistricting Task Force1 (limited to HD90), MALC,2 th

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER BESOSA, District Judge. Before the Court are the parties’ briefs regarding whether the Court should partially lift the stay it granted on October 25, 2010 and proceed to adjudicate the complaint 1 filed by Cape Bruny Tankschiffarts GmbH and Co. KG and Cape Bruny Shipping Company Ltd., as owner and bare-boat charterer of the M/T Cape Bruny (collectively ref

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER BESOSA, District Judge. Before the Court is the motion for summary judgment filed by defendants Corporación Puertorriqueña de Salud (“CPS”) and Joaquin Rodriguez-Benitez (“Rodriguez”), (Docket No. 90). Having considered it, plaintiffs’ opposition, (Docket No. 112), and defendants’ reply, (Docket No. 126), the Court DENIES defendants’ motion for summary judgment. I. S

Opinion issued May 9, 2023 In The Court of Appeals For The First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-22-00782-CR ——————————— EX PARTE RENE MORENO, Appellant On Appeal from the 482nd District Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER RUBEN CASTILLO, District Judge. Juaquin Walker (“Petitioner”) brings this action for the return of his daughter (“Child”) to Israel under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, Oct. 25, 1980, T.I.A.S. No. 11670, S. Treaty Doc. No. 99-11 (“Hague Convention” or “Convention”), and implemented by the International Child Abduction Remedies

334 F.Supp.2d 336 (2004) Francisco ALCANTARA; Eddie Anderson; Oscar Diaz; Joseph Marin; Vincente Martinez; Francisco Morillo; Manuel Pizarro; Nelson R. Rodriguez; Luis Sanchez; Bernardo Segura; and Alipio Tiburcio, Plaintiffs, v. ALLIED PROPERTIES, LLC; Ocean View II Associates; Ocean View Realty Co.; Bridgeview II Co.; and T.U.C. Management Co., Inc, Defendants. No. 04-CV-3313 (JBW). United States Dis

(2008) Carmen MOREL, et al., Plaintiffs, v. DAIMLER CHRYSLER AG, et al., Defendants. Civil No. 05-2162 (FAB). United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico. January 10, 2008. OPINION AND ORDER FRANCISCO A. BESOSA, District Judge. This is a product liability action concerning a 1987 Mercedes-Benz 200SDL. (Docket No. 108, Defendant's Statement o

174 F.Supp.2d 42 (2001) Carmen McSTAY, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff v. I.C. SYSTEM, INC., Defendant. No. 01 Civ. 1219(RLC). United States District Court, S.D. New York. October 31, 2001. *43 *44 Law Offices of James A. Sotomayor, James A. Sotomayor, of coun

CALABRESI, Circuit Judge: Petitioner Lennox Thom (“Petitioner”) sought a writ of habeas corpus to vacate his final order of removal and to direct the Board of Immigration Appeals to adjudicate his application for 212(c) relief from deportation. The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Mukasey, C.J.) denied his petition, holding that he is ineligible for 212(c) relief under three provis

Statement of Reasons for Sentence Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3553(c)(2) JACK B. WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge: TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction.470 II. Underlying Charge and Conviction.471 A. Illegal Activity. 471 B. Arrest on Instant Charge.471 C. Guilty Plea.'..471 D. Sentence.472

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264 F.3d 154 (2nd Cir. 2001) JOSEPH LOCURTO, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE,v.HOWARD SAFIR, COMMISSIONER OF THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND RUDOLPH GIULIANI, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.JONATHAN WALTERS, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE,v.RUDOLPH GIULIANI, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THOMAS VON ESSEN, COMMISSIONER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, AND THE CITY OF NEW YORK, DEFENDANTS

BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge. A jury found that Chungchi Che (“Che”) was the victim of discrimination by his employer, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (“MBTA”), and one of his supervisors, James Johnson (“Johnson”). Che and the defendants appealed. The parties ask us to review a number of rulings the district court made before, during and after the trial. We affirm, o

BERZON, Circuit Judge: In 1996 Naseem Salman Al-Harbi (“Petitioner”) was brought by American forces to United States territory from northern Iraq, a refuge of Iraqi insurgents hostile to the reign of Saddam Hussein, as part of a massive evacuation effort led by United States government agencies. He wishes to remain here. We are charged with deciding whether he may.

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge: On a Sunday afternoon in September 1998, 80 or so people, including two of the plaintiffs, attended a barbecue hosted by the third plaintiff in Broad Channel, Queens, New York. This social occasion was the genesis of a racist float entered the following day in Broad Channel’s annual Labor Day parade. All three plaintiffs actively participated on the float, they say, as an exercise of their First Amend