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12 unusual facts about United States District Court for the Southern District of New York


Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics

The case was originally heard in Southern District Court of New York, which ruled that all the challenged claims were not patent eligible.

On March 29, 2010, Judge Robert W. Sweet of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York declared all of the contested claims invalid.

Barbara Nitke

A three-judge panel of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York conducted a trial, and in 2005 found that Nitke and the NCSF had presented insufficient evidence that the variation in community standards is substantial enough to chill the plaintiffs' speech.

Bureau of Military Information

After being elected President of the United States, Grant appointed Sharpe as United States Marshal for the Southern District of New York where he helped root out corruption, including disbanding the Tweed Ring.

Global-Tech Appliances, Inc. v. SEB S.A.

Pentalpha filed post-trial motions on a number of grounds with the District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Harry Huge

Huge is currently co-counsel representing some 4,000 family members of the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Hassan Nemazee

In July 2010 he was convicted of multiple counts of bank fraud and wire fraud and was sentenced to 12½ years in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Sidney H. Stein in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan.

Lawrence W. Pierce

In 1971, President Nixon appointed Pierce to serve as a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Mario Villanueva

filed by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on charges including conspiracy to traffick and transport cocaine.

Oscar Wyatt

In 2007 he pled guilty in U.S. federal court in Manhattan to illegally sending payments to Iraq under the Oil for Food program.

Richard Franklin Boulware II

From 2002 to 2003, he served as a law clerk to Judge Denise Cote of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Thomas J. Aquilino, Jr.

He served as a law clerk to Judge John M. Cannella of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York from 1969 to 1971.


650 Fifth Avenue

In September 2013 United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Katherine B. Forrest ruled "based on the uncontroverted record evidence, Assa was (and is) a front for Iran's first national bank Bank Melli, and thus a front for the government of Iran" and thus Alavi should forfeit for the property.

Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino

The plaintiff, the National Bank of Cuba (acting on behalf of the Cuban government) filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against the defendant, Sabbatino, to recover the money paid for the sugar.

British Telecommunications Plc. v. Prodigy

Judge Colleen McMahon of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that Prodigy Communications Corporation had not infringed the patent held by British Telecommunications Plc through its use of hyperlinks.

Coleman Station Historic District

The farm also persuaded Judge Robert W. Sweet of the Southern District of New York to void the federal listing as well, alleging violation of the Administrative Procedure Act.

Craig Berkman

In June 2013, Berkman pled guilty to securities and wire fraud at the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan.

Ellsworth Van Graafeiland

That appeal reversed a decision by Judge Constance Baker Motley of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, who had previously ruled that New York State sentences of up to life in prison for the sale of small amounts of narcotics were unconstitutionally severe.

Harold Baer

Baer's only child is Judge Harold Baer, Jr., born 1933, who serves on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

LimeWire

On May 12, 2010, Judge Kimba Wood of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled in Arista Records LLC v. Lime Group LLC that LimeWire and its creator, Mark Gorton, had committed copyright infringement, engaged in unfair competition, and induced others to commit copyright infringement.

Listerine

In a January 6, 2005, decision, Judge Denny Chin of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that an advertising campaign by Pfizer, claiming that the mouthwash Listerine is as effective as flossing in fighting tooth and gum decay, is false and misleading and poses a public health risk.

Myriad Genetics

Two of the company's patents on the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes were ruled invalid on March 29, 2010 by Judge Robert W. Sweet in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Raymond Brescia

From 1995 to 1996, he clerked for Constance Baker Motley who was then a federal judge sitting in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

When You Wish Upon a Weinstein

On March 17, 2009, U.S. District Judge Deborah Batts ruled that the creators of Family Guy did not infringe on Bourne's copyright.

William Gardner Choate

On March 14, 1878, Choate was nominated by President Rutherford B. Hayes to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated by Samuel Blatchford.

Wiwa v. Royal Dutch Shell Co.

The Wiwa family lawsuits against Royal Dutch Shell are three separate lawsuits brought by the family of Ken Saro-Wiwa against Royal Dutch Shell, its subsidiary Shell Nigeria and the subsidiary's CEO Brian Anderson, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York under the Alien Tort Statute, the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1992 and Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO).

WPIX, Inc. v. ivi, Inc.

On September 28, a group of copyright holders and broadcasters, including Disney, NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, The CW, Telemundo, and others, filed a copyright infringement action against ivi in the District Court for the Southern District of New York.