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29 Sep 2010, 8:41 am by Arocho Law Office
The full text of the court decision can be found at: (http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/836d860b-2d6f-4bdd-9175-6b8285fa7bfe/5/doc/06-4800-cv_opn.pdf#xml=http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/836d860b-2d6f-4bdd-9175-6b8285fa7bfe/5/hilite/) Circuit Judge Jose Cabranes wrote in his majority opinion that the Alien Tort Statute only allows U.S. courts to hear death and injury claims, including war crimes and crimes against humanity, by non-U.S. citizens… [read post]
29 Sep 2010, 4:21 am by Russell Jackson
And yet, the majority opinion by Judge Jose Cabranes is virtually unassailable in the simplicity of its analysis. [read post]
17 Sep 2010, 2:10 pm by Steve Bainbridge
 Writing for two members of the panel, Judge Jose Cabranes held that (in my very quick and dirty summary):1) International Law governs the scope of liability for violations of international law, hence the question of whether a corporation is liable for violating international law is itself governed by international law.2) Under Supreme Court precedent, the Alien Tort Statute requires courts to apply norms of international law, and not domestic law, to the scope of… [read post]
7 Jul 2010, 10:05 am by Steve Statsinger
Ramirez, No. 07-2912-cr (Calabresi, Cabranes, Parker, CJJ) (2d Cir. [read post]
9 Mar 2010, 3:53 pm by Todd Zywicki
  It reminds me of the comment of Judge Jose Cabranes, who said of trustees at the universities where he has served on the board, “No one will be surprised to learn that business executives (who make up a large part of all university boards), for example, prefer to be the sort of trustees that they would hope to have on their own boards—namely, they prefer ‘team players’ who do not disturb the peace of the executive, who recognize the limits of their… [read post]
20 Feb 2010, 2:23 pm by Ama N. Appiah, Esq.
. 'To allow an alien to plead guilty to illegal entry, be convicted of the crime, leave the country, and yet continue to accrue 'continuous physical presence' time within the meaning of our immigration laws would be contrary to the objectives of those laws and the BIA's relevant decisions,' Judge Jose Cabranes wrote. [read post]
15 Jul 2009, 11:49 am
Ian Milheiser has the details about the support given by GOP Senators Sessions, Hatch and McCain to the extreme Right Wing group Committee for Justice, which is running an ad accusing Puerto Rican judges Jose Cabranes and Sonia Sotomayor of cavorting with terrorists: Sen. [read post]
15 Jul 2009, 10:08 am
Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III (R-AL) has a favorite Puerto Rican jurist -- Jose Cabranes. [read post]
12 Jun 2009, 12:06 pm
We have it on reliable authority that Acting Dean Stith, while at the judicial conference of the Second Circuit -- the court of her husband, Judge Jose Cabranes -- revealed that Professor Post will be the new dean. [read post]
31 May 2009, 4:11 pm
  It is highly unusual that a fellow Latino judge (Jose Cabranes) described the case as involving a “path-breaking” district court opinion that was affirmed summarily in an unpublished opinion by the Court of Appeals. [read post]
29 May 2009, 1:35 am
What if Judge Jose Cabranes and other judges on the Second Circuit were moved by Ricci's plight and the deep unfairness of what New Haven had done and argued for rehearing the case on the grounds that the current interpretation of the law is wrong and should be altered? [read post]
7 May 2009, 6:36 pm
The Second Circuit judge Jose Cabranes, who would later become her colleague . . . [read post]
4 May 2009, 6:34 am
" He also says that dissenting judge Jose Cabranes criticized the majority for not addressing the constitutional issues raised by the plaintiffs. [read post]
4 May 2009, 1:26 am
") Second Circuit judge Jose Cabranes, who would later become her colleague, put this point more charitably in a 1995 interview with The New York Times: "She is not intimidated or overwhelmed by the eminence or power or prestige of any party, or indeed of the media. [read post]