Asbestos Cases A–Z: U

65 decisions whose name begins with U.

• US v. Silver (U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 2015). The court denied Sheldon Silver's motion to dismiss the Hobbs Act extortion, honest services fraud and money laundering counts, and ordered the Government to provide a limited bill of particulars on the mailings and wires or show cause why not.
• US v. Thorn (U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2006). The Second Circuit affirmed the restitution order and the nine-level enhancement, but vacated the sentence and remanded for resentencing, ordering an abuse-of-trust enhancement, use of the money laundering guideline without departure, and Criminal History Category II; the government largely prevailed over Thorn.
• US v. Thorn (U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2003). The Second Circuit vacated Thorn's sentence and remanded for resentencing on the government's appeal, and affirmed the District Court's denial of Thorn's Rule 29 motion on the money laundering count.
• US v. Trident Seafoods Corp. (U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1995). The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's $64,750 civil penalty against Trident Seafoods, holding the notice violation was a single violation, and remanded for a penalty of no more than $25,000, a win for Trident over the United States.
• US v. Tzavah Urban Renewal Corp. (U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1988). The court granted the United States' motion for a preliminary injunction against the hotel owners and operators (Tzavah, Pinros, Roth, Mayer and Hampel), requiring them to secure the building, properly dispose of the asbestos material and comply with EPA orders.
• US v. WR Grace (U.S. District Court, District of Montana, 2006). The court granted Grace's motion to dismiss the parts of the Clean Air Act counts completed before November 3, 1999 as time-barred and granted the government's motion to dismiss the wire fraud counts without prejudice; it denied the defendants' other motions to dismiss.
• US v. WR Grace (U.S. District Court, District of Montana, 2005). The district court denied the motion by W.R. Grace and the individual defendants to move their criminal trial out of Montana, so the government prevailed on the venue question.
• US v. WR Grace & Co. (U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2005). The Ninth Circuit affirmed the judgment for the United States against W.R. Grace and its affiliates, upholding the EPA's recovery of about $54.5 million in Libby cleanup costs and a declaration that Grace is liable for future costs.
• US v. WR Grace & Co. (U.S. District Court, District of Montana, 2001). The court granted the United States' motion for immediate access, ruling that the EPA may enter W.R. Grace's and Kootenai Development Corporation's Libby properties for all statutory response purposes.
• US v. WR Grace & Co.-Conn. (U.S. District Court, District of Montana, 2003). After a bench trial, the court entered judgment for the United States against W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn. for $54,527,081.11 in Libby asbestos cleanup and health-study costs, and against Kootenai Development Corp. for $5,231,458.
• US v. Yi (U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2013). The Ninth Circuit affirmed Charles Yi's conviction and 48-month sentence for conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act, rejecting his challenges to the deliberate ignorance jury instruction and the two sentencing enhancements; the United States prevailed.
• Usf&g Co. v. American Re-Ins. (New York Court of Appeals, 2013). The Court of Appeals modified the Appellate Division's order, denying USF&G summary judgment on whether it reasonably allocated nothing to the bad faith claims and whether lung cancer and other claims were reasonably valued, and otherwise affirmed summary judgment for USF&G against the reinsurers.
• Utica Mut. Ins. Co. v. Abeille Gen. Ins. Co. (New York Supreme Court, Oneida, 2023). The court denied the reinsurers' (ECRA) motion for summary judgment and granted Utica Mutual's cross-motion on liability under the 1977-1982 facultative certificates, leaving the amount due for an inquest.
• Utter et al. v. Asten-Hill Mfg. Co. (Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 1973). The Supreme Court affirmed the Commonwealth Court's dismissal of Robert Utter's own disability claim, but reversed it on the widows' death benefit claims and reinstated the Workmen's Compensation Board's awards to Margaret Utter and Alice Bambrick against Asten-Hill.
• Uzee v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2018). The court granted the plaintiffs' motion to remand to state court, finding that Avondale (Huntington Ingalls) timely removed but failed to show the causal nexus required for federal officer removal.