Holding that "our venerable standard for assessing a movant's probability of success on the merits remains valid [after the Supreme Court's decision in Winter]"
Holding that, for claims under the FHAA, the ADA and the Rehabilitation Act, a proposed accommodation must be "necessary in light of the disabilities" of the plaintiffs; and dismissing claims because "no analogous housing opportunity exist[ed] for persons without disabilities"
Holding children's rights to a free appropriate education did not entitle them to have their IEPs implemented immediately, or at least within 30 school days, under New York law
Holding that “when a party can be fully compensated for financial loss by a money judgment, there is simply no compelling reason why the extraordinary equitable remedy of a preliminary injunction should be granted”
Vacating preliminary injunction concluding that "irreparable injury may well not be present herein since there would appear to be little confusion, if any, as to the origin of the goods and no significant likelihood of damage to [plaintiff's] reputation since thus far it has not been shown that [defendant's] goods, which have a common origin of manufacture with [plaintiff's] goods, are inferior to those sold by [plaintiff] and are injuring [plaintiff's] reputation."
342 F. Supp. 2d 124 (E.D.N.Y. 2004) Cited 43 times
Holding that denial of transfer to district where related case was pending "would result in duplicative actions in which two federal judges would preside over the same basic claim, wasting judicial resources, requiring the parties to unnecessarily expend more time and expense, and risking potentially inconsistent results"
28 U.S.C. § 1441 Cited 50,379 times 151 Legal Analyses
Holding that “[a]ny civil action of which the district courts have original jurisdiction founded on a claim or right arising under the ... laws of the United States shall be removable without regard to the citizenship or residence of the parties.”