Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

The most-cited opinions of the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on UpLaw — 8,860 decisions from 1892–2025, each with its treatment history and the cases that cite it.

• Ben Gary Triestman v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, United States of America 470 F.3d 471 · cited by 3,451
• Harris v. Mills 572 F.3d 66 · cited by 2,732
• Ivey v. Board of Regents of University of Alaska 673 F.2d 266 · cited by 2,731
• Chambers v. Time Warner, Inc. 282 F.3d 147 · cited by 1,775
• Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga 435 F.3d 110 · cited by 1,760
• Cohan v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue 39 F.2d 540 · cited by 1,735
• Hill v. Curcione 657 F.3d 116 · cited by 1,623
• Walker v. Schult 717 F.3d 119 · cited by 1,533
• Richard A. LIVINGSTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ADIRONDACK BEVERAGE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee 141 F.3d 434 · cited by 1,408
• Cheeks v. Freeport Pancake House, Inc. 796 F.3d 199 · cited by 1,389
• Cuoco v. Moritsugu 222 F.3d 99 · cited by 1,368
• Victor Paul v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States 444 F.3d 148 · cited by 1,258
• Natalia Makarova v. United States 201 F.3d 110 · cited by 1,234
• Arista Records, LLC v. Doe 3 604 F.3d 110 · cited by 1,217
• Brault v. Social Security Administration 683 F.3d 443 · cited by 1,132
• ATSI Communications, Inc. v. Shaar Fund, Ltd. 493 F.3d 87 · cited by 1,123
• Ysabel Rosa v. John S. Callahan, Acting Commissioner of Social Security 168 F.3d 72 · cited by 1,103
• Salahuddin v. Cuomo 861 F.2d 40 · cited by 1,084
• Bruce C. Shrader v. Csx Transportation, Inc. 70 F.3d 255 · cited by 1,020
• Xiao Ji Chen v. United States Department of Justice, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales 471 F.3d 315 · cited by 998
• Tracy v. Freshwater 623 F.3d 90 · cited by 975
• Meilleur v. Strong 682 F.3d 56 · cited by 919
• Burgess v. Astrue 537 F.3d 117 · cited by 914
• Talavera v. Comm’r of Social Security 697 F.3d 145 · cited by 887
• McCarthy v. Dun & Bradstreet Corp. 482 F.3d 184 · cited by 871
• Sk Shahriair Majidi v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States 430 F.3d 77 · cited by 865
• Carol A. Gallo v. Prudential Residential Services, Limited Partnership, Doing Business as Prudential Relocation Management 22 F.3d 1219 · cited by 859
• Yan Chen v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General, 1 417 F.3d 268 · cited by 850
• Littlejohn v. City of New York 795 F.3d 297 · cited by 840
• Xiu Xia Lin v. Mukasey 534 F.3d 162 · cited by 831
• Rita Schaal v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social Security, 1 Dockets 96-6212, 96-6316 134 F.3d 496 · cited by 824
• McIntyre v. Colvin 758 F.3d 146 · cited by 811
• Darline Halloran v. Jo Anne Barnhart, as Commissioner of the Social Security Administration 362 F.3d 28 · cited by 809
• Darnell v. City of New York 849 F.3d 17 · cited by 807
• Moran v. Astrue 569 F.3d 108 · cited by 798
• Sykes v. Bank of America 723 F.3d 399 · cited by 798
• Vega v. Hempstead Union Free School District 801 F.3d 72 · cited by 797
• DiFolco v. MSNBC Cable L.L.C. 622 F.3d 104 · cited by 792
• Yueqing Zhang v. Alberto Gonzales, United States Attorney General 426 F.3d 540 · cited by 788
• Zhang v. United States Immigration & Naturalization Service 386 F.3d 66 · cited by 784
• Elmer G. Berry v. Richard Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services 675 F.2d 464 · cited by 759
• Xue Hong Yang v. United States Department of Justice and Attorney General Gonzales 426 F.3d 520 · cited by 755
• Salahuddin v. Goord 467 F.3d 263 · cited by 745
• Jian Hui Shao v. Mukasey 546 F.3d 138 · cited by 733
• Hendrickson v. United States 791 F.3d 354 · cited by 733
• Johnson v. Glick 481 F.2d 1028 · cited by 723
• Felix Hilario Secaida-Rosales v. Immigration and Naturalization Service 331 F.3d 297 · cited by 708
• Selian v. Astrue 708 F.3d 409 · cited by 703
• Allen Hodge v. Police Officers: Colon, 623 and Repuerto, 145 802 F.2d 58 · cited by 703
• D.H. Blair & Co. v. Gottdiener 462 F.3d 95 · cited by 703
• Louis Gomez v. Usaa Federal Savings Bank and Janette Adger Mills 171 F.3d 794 · cited by 703
• United States v. Cavera 550 F.3d 180 · cited by 683
• Shirley Small v. Secretary of Health and Human Services 892 F.2d 15 · cited by 681
• George MONGEUR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee 722 F.2d 1033 · cited by 680
• Janine A. WAGNER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee 906 F.2d 856 · cited by 672
• Hicks v. Baines 593 F.3d 159 · cited by 647
• Abbas v. Dixon 480 F.3d 636 · cited by 641
• Fred Traguth and Otto Handtke, Individually and Doing Business as Dance Motion Press v. D'LeLa Zuck 710 F.2d 90 · cited by 636
• David Rutherford v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant 685 F.2d 60 · cited by 625
• Ramona PEREZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security Administration, Defendant-Appellee 77 F.3d 41 · cited by 623
• United States v. Amodeo 71 F.3d 1044 · cited by 619
• Shelley Weinstock v. Columbia University 224 F.3d 33 · cited by 603
• Nadarjh Ramsameachire v. John Ashcroft, United States Attorney General 357 F.3d 169 · cited by 601
• City of Detroit v. Grinnell Corporation, Manhattan-Ward, Incorporated v. Grinnell Corporation, 1225 Vine Street Building, Inc. v. Grinnell Corporation 495 F.2d 448 · cited by 598
• Bennie Cooper v. A. Sargenti Co., Inc. 877 F.2d 170 · cited by 596
• United States v. Jerome Crosby 397 F.3d 103 · cited by 590
• Chavis v. Chappius 618 F.3d 162 · cited by 587
• Wright v. Goord 554 F.3d 255 · cited by 582
• Ruotolo v. City of New York 514 F.3d 184 · cited by 579
• Ronald E. Veino, Sr. v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security 312 F.3d 578 · cited by 578
• Weng v. Holder 562 F.3d 510 · cited by 576
• Daniel J. Ciambriello v. County of Nassau, Civil Service Employees Association, Inc., Russell Rinchiuso, Richard Cotugno and Ron Roeill 292 F.3d 307 · cited by 573
• Cao He Lin, A/K/A Je Ling Chao v. United States Department of Justice and Attorney General Gonzales 428 F.3d 391 · cited by 571
• Laura Holtz v. Rockefeller & Co., Inc. 258 F.3d 62 · cited by 558
• Jose Valentin v. David Dinkins, Nyc Police Commissioner, Mario Cuomo, Donovan, Nyc Police Officer 121 F.3d 72 · cited by 557
• Albert Shaw v. Shirley S. Chater, as Commissioner of the Social Security Administration 221 F.3d 126 · cited by 555
• Sealed v. Sealed 1 537 F.3d 185 · cited by 553
• Johnson v. Bowen 817 F.2d 983 · cited by 547
• Holcomb v. Iona College 521 F.3d 130 · cited by 546
• Jigme Wangchuck v. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration & Customs Enforcement 448 F.3d 524 · cited by 543
• Marc Andrew Mario v. P & C Food Markets, Inc. 313 F.3d 758 · cited by 540
• Huey B. Wright v. Harold Smith and Thomas A. Coughlin, III 21 F.3d 496 · cited by 530
• Christopher Graham v. Long Island Rail Road 230 F.3d 34 · cited by 517
• Patrick Balsamo v. Shirley S. Chater, Commissioner of Social Security 142 F.3d 75 · cited by 513
• Estrella v. Berryhill 925 F.3d 90 · cited by 513
• Azmond Ali v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States 448 F.3d 515 · cited by 511
• New York Marine & General Insurance v. Lafarge North America, Inc. 599 F.3d 102 · cited by 507
• Analytical Surveys, Inc. v. Tonga Partners, L.P. 684 F.3d 36 · cited by 503
• Barry Lesane v. Hall's Security Analyst, Inc. 239 F.3d 206 · cited by 496
• Helene Marcus v. Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare 615 F.2d 23 · cited by 492
• City of New York v. Mickalis Pawn Shop, LLC 645 F.3d 114 · cited by 489
• Pearl Snell v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Society Security 177 F.3d 128 · cited by 488
• Nicosia v. Amazon.com, Inc. 834 F.3d 220 · cited by 487
• Cichocki v. Astrue 729 F.3d 172 · cited by 486
• United States v. Aluminum Co. of America 148 F.2d 416 · cited by 480
• Koch v. Christie's International PLC 699 F.3d 141 · cited by 476
• Tangreti v. Bachmann 983 F.3d 609 · cited by 475
• Spavone v. New York State Department of Correctional Services 719 F.3d 127 · cited by 475
• John C. Norton v. Sam's Club, Wal-Mart Corp., Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 76 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 45 · cited by 474
• Genier v. Astrue 606 F.3d 46 · cited by 471
• William F. Sanford v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue 412 F.2d 201 · cited by 469
• Ermano Valente v. Secretary of Health and Human Services 733 F.2d 1037 · cited by 462
• Caidor v. Onondaga County 517 F.3d 601 · cited by 461
• Matta v. Astrue 508 F. App'x 53 · cited by 457
• Polaroid Corporation v. Polarad Electronics Corporation 287 F.2d 492 · cited by 455
• Patane v. Clark 508 F.3d 106 · cited by 452
• Grullon v. City of New Haven 720 F.3d 133 · cited by 448
• Edwind F. PRATTS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee 94 F.3d 34 · cited by 444
• Faber v. Metropolitan Life Insurance 648 F.3d 98 · cited by 441
• Arbor Hill Concerned Citizens Neighborhood Ass'n v. County of Albany & Albany County Board of Elections 522 F.3d 182 · cited by 440
• Hayden v. Paterson 594 F.3d 150 · cited by 440
• Carole Tomka v. The Seiler Corporation, Daniel Lucey, David Polonsky and Timothy Conroy 66 F.3d 1295 · cited by 436
• New York State Association for Retarded Children, Inc. v. Hugh L. Carey, Individually and as Governor of the State of New York 711 F.2d 1136 · cited by 436
• United States v. Male Juvenile (95-Cr-1074) 121 F.3d 34 · cited by 433
• Gregoire v. Biddle 177 F.2d 579 · cited by 433
• Sarah B. Shields, Individually and as Representative of All Others Similarly Situated v. Citytrust Bancorp, Inc., George F. Taylor and Irwin Engelman 25 F.3d 1124 · cited by 433
• Carter v. HealthPort Technologies, LLC 822 F.3d 47 · cited by 432
• Wei Guang Wang v. Board of Immigration Appeals 437 F.3d 270 · cited by 426
• Enron Oil Corp. v. Diakuhara 10 F.3d 90 · cited by 425
• Nina Green-Younger v. Joanne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration 335 F.3d 99 · cited by 425
• Lorenzo CHAMBERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TRM COPY CENTERS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee 43 F.3d 29 · cited by 424
• Brown v. Eli Lilly and Co. 654 F.3d 347 · cited by 423
• Loreley Financing (Jersey) No. 3 Ltd. v. Wells Fargo Securities, LLC 797 F.3d 160 · cited by 422
• Gollomp v. Spitzer 568 F.3d 355 · cited by 421
• Poupore v. Astrue 566 F.3d 303 · cited by 416
• Nielsen v. Rabin 746 F.3d 58 · cited by 416
• Kassner v. 2nd Avenue Delicatessen Inc. 496 F.3d 229 · cited by 415
• Lin Zhong v. United States Department of Justice, Attorney General Gonzales 480 F.3d 104 · cited by 415
• Edward E. Lucente, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. International Business MacHines Corporation, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee 310 F.3d 243 · cited by 413
• Kwan v. The Andalex Group LLC 737 F.3d 834 · cited by 409
• Biao Yang v. Gonzales 496 F.3d 268 · cited by 405
• Millea v. Metro-North Railroad 658 F.3d 154 · cited by 403
• Hogan v. Fischer 738 F.3d 509 · cited by 401
• Sukhraj Kaur v. Board of Immigration Appeals 413 F.3d 232 · cited by 398
• Shi Liang Lin v. United States Department of Justice 494 F.3d 296 · cited by 393
• Myers v. Hertz Corp. 624 F.3d 537 · cited by 392
• Gorzynski v. Jetblue Airways Corp. 596 F.3d 93 · cited by 390
• Felix Norbert Siewe v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General 480 F.3d 160 · cited by 388
• Murray v. Pataki 378 F. App'x 50 · cited by 388
• Amnesty America v. Town of West Hartford 361 F.3d 113 · cited by 387
• Zabala v. Astrue 595 F.3d 402 · cited by 384
• Moussa Diallo v. Immigration & Naturalization Service 232 F.3d 279 · cited by 382
• Annette Heyman v. Commerce and Industry Insurance Company 524 F.2d 1317 · cited by 381
• Ellen Melville v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social Security 198 F.3d 45 · cited by 380
• Mihalik v. Credit Agricole Cheuvreux North America, Inc. 715 F.3d 102 · cited by 378
• Yun-Zui Guan v. Alberto R. Gonzales, United States Attorney General 432 F.3d 391 · cited by 377
• Terry v. Ashcroft 336 F.3d 128 · cited by 376
• Jian Xing Huang v. United States Immigration and Naturalization Service 421 F.3d 125 · cited by 375
• Colon v. Coughlin 58 F.3d 865 · cited by 373
• L-7 Designs, Inc. v. Old Navy, LLC 647 F.3d 419 · cited by 372
• Jackson Dairy, Inc. v. H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc. 596 F.2d 70 · cited by 371
• Samuel Nemaizer, General Manager of the New York Coat, Suit, Dress, Rainwear and Allied Workers' Union I.L.G.W.U. v. Jack Baker, an Individual 793 F.2d 58 · cited by 370
• William E. Butts v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security 388 F.3d 377 · cited by 369
• Grishelda Bryant v. John J. Maffucci, Dawn Thackeray, Yvonne Powell, Norwood Jackson and Dr. Edward Allan 923 F.2d 979 · cited by 368
• Chance v. Armstrong 143 F.3d 698 · cited by 365
• Mozell Grey v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services 721 F.2d 41 · cited by 363
• Goel v. Bunge, Ltd. 820 F.3d 554 · cited by 363
• Alexander Twum v. Immigration and Naturalization Service 411 F.3d 54 · cited by 361
• Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd. 547 F.3d 167 · cited by 361
• Kolel Beth Yechiel Mechil of Tartikov, Inc. v. YLL Irrevocable Trust 729 F.3d 99 · cited by 359
• Sebastian Mangiafico v. Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General, John Armstrong, and Theresa Lantz, Docket No. 05-5465-Cv 471 F.3d 391 · cited by 359
• United States v. Peoni 100 F.2d 401 · cited by 356
• Finkel v. Romanowicz 577 F.3d 79 · cited by 355
• Meiri v. Dacon 759 F.2d 989 · cited by 355
• Roe v. City of Waterbury 542 F.3d 31 · cited by 355
• Herbert Carroll v. Secretary of Health and Human Services 705 F.2d 638 · cited by 350
• Jeffreys v. City of New York 426 F.3d 549 · cited by 348
• Credit Lyonnais Securities (Usa), Inc. v. Rafael Alcantara and Cavelba, S.A., Doing Business as Casa De Bolsa Rafael Alcantara V. 183 F.3d 151 · cited by 348
• Fitzgerald v. First East Seventh Street Tenants Corp. 221 F.3d 362 · cited by 341
• Dale Wells, William Hlywa v. Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appeal of John S. Hogg 907 F.2d 367 · cited by 340
• United States v. Fernandez 443 F.3d 19 · cited by 338
• Abercrombie & Fitch Company v. Hunting World, Incorporated 537 F.2d 4 · cited by 336
• Willie Smith v. Nurse Carpenter, Superintendent Wilkinson, Superintendent at Pharsalia Corr. Facility 316 F.3d 178 · cited by 336
• Leonard F. v. Israel Discount Bank of New York, and the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company 199 F.3d 99 · cited by 336
• Jackson v. Federal Express 766 F.3d 189 · cited by 335
• Matson v. BD. OF EDUC., CITY SCHOOL DIST. OF NY 631 F.3d 57 · cited by 335
• Greek v. Colvin 802 F.3d 370 · cited by 334
• Frank X. Losacco v. City of Middletown, Sebastian J. Garafalo, George Aylward, Joseph Bibisi, John Chowaniec, and Relford Ward 71 F.3d 88 · cited by 332
• Orlando Roldan v. James Racette, Superintendent, Adirondack Correctional Facility, and U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service 984 F.2d 85 · cited by 330
• Maria TEJADA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kenneth S. APFEL, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee 167 F.3d 770 · cited by 329
• Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Robertson-Ceco Corp., United Dominion Industries, Inc. 84 F.3d 560 · cited by 327
• Muze Inc. v. Digital on Demand, Inc. 356 F.3d 492 · cited by 326
• Cash v. County of Erie 654 F.3d 324 · cited by 324
• United States of America, Ex Rel., Walter M. Drake v. Norden Systems, Inc., and United Technologies Corporation 375 F.3d 248 · cited by 323
• Dolan v. Connolly 794 F.3d 290 · cited by 322
• Iannaccone v. Law 142 F.3d 553 · cited by 322
• Joseph R. Dileo, Mary A. Dileo, Walter E. Mycek, Jr., Michele A. Mycek and Arcelo Reproduction Company, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue 959 F.2d 16 · cited by 321
• Spencer, White & Prentis Incorporated of Connecticut v. Pfizer Incorporated 498 F.2d 358 · cited by 321
• Rubin Sira v. R. Morton, C. Artuz, D. Selsky, and G. Goord 380 F.3d 57 · cited by 317
• Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin 391 F.2d 555 · cited by 317
• William Daye v. Attorney General of the State of New York and Eugene Le Fevre, Superintendent, Greenhaven Correctional Facility 696 F.2d 186 · cited by 314
• Harold Noel Arrowsmith, Jr. v. United Press International 320 F.2d 219 · cited by 314
• Weyant v. Okst 101 F.3d 845 · cited by 312
• Josephine L. Cage v. Commissioner of Social Security 692 F.3d 118 · cited by 311
• Robinson v. Concentra Health Services, Inc. 781 F.3d 42 · cited by 311
• Jose GOENAGA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MARCH OF DIMES BIRTH DEFECTS FOUNDATION, Defendant-Appellee 51 F.3d 14 · cited by 311
• Bah v. Mukasey 529 F.3d 99 · cited by 311
• Tian-Yong Chen, A.K.A. Tian Yong Chen v. United States Immigration and Naturalization Service 359 F.3d 121 · cited by 310
• International Audiotext Network, Inc. v. American Telephone and Telegraph Company 62 F.3d 69 · cited by 308
• Robert J. Fine v. The City of New York, Anthony Saladino 529 F.2d 70 · cited by 306