Ellsworth Alfred Van Graafeiland
1915–2004 · Rochester, NY
Judicial Service
| Court | Title | Appointed By | Commissioned | Termination |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Judge | Gerald Ford (Republican) | Dec 21, 1974 | Death, Nov 20, 2004 |
Education
- University of Rochester, A.B., 1937
- Cornell Law School, LL.B., 1940
Professional Career
Private practice, Rochester, New York, 1940-1974
Opinions on This Site
Showing 100 of 1,002 opinions from 1975 to 2004
- UNITED STATES v. DIVA MONSALVE, DEFENDANT—APPELLANT 2004
- United States v. Aaron Gomes 2004
- Shirley M. Critchlow v. First Unum Life Insurance Company of America 2004
- United States v. Michael Ravelo - concurrence 2004
- Michael S. June v. Town of Westfield, New York, and Village of Westfield, N.Y. 2004
- United States v. Angel Vargas 2004
- Marvin Denis v. Upstate Correctional Facility, Clinton Correctional Facility 2004
- United States v. Steven Chin Leung 2004
- Ellen Devlin v. United States 2003
- In Re Red Dot Scenic, Inc.: Thomas Carroll v. Angela Tese-Milner 2003
- Steven Shapiro, Md, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Riddle & Associates, P.C. 2003
- Serge Chery v. John Ashcroft, United States Attorney General 2003
- Henry Anderson v. David Miller, Superintendent 2003
- United States v. John Palladino, Vincent Guerrieri 2003
- Nelson Torres Maldonado v. United States 2003
- New York Health and Human Service Union, 1199/seiu, Afl-Cio v. Nyu Hospitals Center 2003
- Emergent Capital Investment Management, LLC v. Stonepath Group, Inc., Previously Known as Net Value Holdings, Inc., Andrew Panzo and Lee Hansen 2003
- United States v. Rafael Garcia Abreu 2003
- Gary Ammar, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. United States of America, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, Bay Ship Management, Inc. 2003
- Estate of Paul C. Gribauskas, Deceased, Roy L. Gribauskas, Co-Executor, Carol Beauparlant, Co-Executor v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue 2003
- Shirley M. Critchlow v. First Unum Life Insurance Co. Of America 2003
- Donald Beason v. United Technologies Corporation, Hamilton Standard Division 2003
- United States v. Segundo Dejesus Perez 2003
- United States v. Mohammed Maaraki 2003
- United States v. Alfred Sforza and Josephine Sforza 2003
- United States v. John Cabot 2003
- United States v. Rafael Burgos Lnu1-00cr0744-003, Alan Dyckman 2003
- Mark Sunik and Tamara Sunik v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue 2003
- National Labor Relations Board v. Suffield Academy 2003
- Securities and Exchange Commission v. Michael W. Berger, Manhattan Investment Fund Ltd. And Manhattan Capital Management, Inc. 2003
- United States of America, Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. David Rosse, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee 2003
- Dana Leigh Thompson v. County of Franklin and Bryon A. Varin, Treasurer of Franklin County 2002
- United States v. Mark Alfisi 2002
- Adirondack Transit Lines, Inc. v. United Transportation Union, Local 1582 2002
- United States v. Melissa Harris 2002
- United States v. Daniel M. Firment 2002
- Luya Liu v. Immigration and Naturalization Service 2002
- Lawrence P. Dixon v. Thomas J. Miller, Acting Superintendent, Woodbourne Correctional Facility 2002
- Kathleen Madaline Jarvis, Individually and as a Parent and Guardian of Paul Michael Attila Jarvis, a Minor v. Ford Motor Company 2002
- David Giordano v. City of New York, Howard Safir, Police Commissioner, New York City Police Department, Medical Board, Police Pension Fund, Article II 2001
- United States v. David McKay Brian McKay 2001
- Penny Ferris v. Delta Air Lines, Inc., and Michael Young 2001
- Cesar A. Ramirez v. Attorney General of the State of New York Louis F. Mann, Superintendent of Shawangunk Correctional Facility 2001
- Ronald E. Fayer v. Town of Middlebury, Edward St. John, First Selectman, and Eric Ianantuoni, Administrative Assistant 2001
- Robert Roge v. Nyp Holdings, Inc. 2001
- Smoothline Ltd. And Greatsino Electronic Ltd. v. North American Foreign Trading Corp. 2001
- Eugene W. Slattery v. Swiss Reinsurance America Corp. 2001
- Robert Rosano, as of the Estate of Mary R. Rosano v. United States 2001
- Richard Merritt & Mary-Jo Merritt v. Shuttle, Inc., U.S. Airways Inc., Terry v. Hallcom, Steven K. Wilson, & United States of America 2001
- Benito Jiminian, - V- John Nash, Warden Fci Ray Brook 2001
- In Re: Gaston & Snow, Debtor, Alfred J. Bianco, as Plan Administrator to the Estate of Gaston & Snow v. Robert A. Erkins & Bernadine Erkins 2001
- United States v. Luiz Ben Zvi 2001
- United States v. John Doe 2001
- Digitel, Inc. v. MCI Worldcom, Inc. 2001
- United States v. A.J. Thomas 2001
- Dennis Sanders v. United States 2001
- United States v. Noreen King 2000
- William Brooks, as Parent and Natural Guardian of Matthew Brooks, a Minor v. Outboard Marine Corporation 2000
- United States v. Hoang Van Tran, and Vicheth Som 2000
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Cross v. Anthony Vartuli, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, Avco Financial Corp., J. Michael Gent 2000
- Susan Rogers v. New York University 2000
- Spencer Tunick v. Howard Safir, in His Official Capacity as the Police Commissioner of the City of New York, and the City of New York 2000
- Tracey D. Wolak v. Ferdinand J. Spucci, Individually, Dennis Carroll, Individually, and Village of Pelham Manor, New York 2000
- Rafael Flores v. Joseph Demskie, Superintendent of Woodbourne Correctional Facility 2000
- British International Insurance Company Limited v. Seguros La Republica, S.A. 2000
- Barbara B. Butler v. New York State Department of Law, Dennis C. Vacco and William Flynn 2000
- Sammy Geraci v. Daniel Senkowski, Supt. 2000
- National Football League v. Primetime 24 Joint Venture 2000
- Spencer Tunick v. Howard Safir, in His Official Capacity as the Police Commissioner of the City of New York, and the City of New York 2000
- Songbyrd, Inc. v. Estate of Albert B. Grossman, Doing Business as Bearsville Records, Inc. 2000
- United States v. Yoshio Takahashi 2000
- David K. Huskey v. City of San Jose Joan Gallo George Rios Ralph Greene 2000
- United States v. Michael Christopher Osborn, Opinion 2000
- Roman Aginsky, Claimant-Defendant, Alla Aginsky, Claimant-Defendant-Appellant 2000
- United States v. Sandro Jimenez 2000
- William H. Hyle, Jr. v. Doctor's Associates, Inc. 1999
- United States v. Robert A. Aliotta, Wilfred W. Leyland, and William Peters 1999
- Carolyn M. Kennedy v. Dresser Rand Co. 1999
- United States v. Roger Raoul Ducharme 1999
- Emilia Strogov v. The Attorney General of the State of New York, by the Special Prosecutor for Medicaid Fraud Control 1999
- Robert L. Moore and Jeannette S. Parry v. Painewebber, Inc. 1999
- North Atlantic Instruments, Inc., Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee v. Fred Haber and Apex Signal Corp., Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellants 1999
- CDC Technologies, Inc. A Connecticut Corporation v. Idexx Laboratories, Inc., a Delaware Corporation 1999
- Victoria Pietras v. Board of Fire Commissioners of the Farmingville Fire District 1999
- New York Currency Research Corporation v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission 1999
- Andree J. LEOPOLD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BACCARAT, INC., Defendant-Appellee 1999
- United States v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, Afl-Cio, Commission of La Cosa Nostra 1999
- Manuel O. Adames v. United States 1999
- United States v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, James P. Hoffa 1999
- In Re Salvatore J. Mazzeo, Debtor. Salvatore J. Mazzeo v. Peter J. Lenhart and the Estate of Paul Lenhart 1999
- Bawol Cabiri and Efua Cabiri v. Government of the Republic of Ghana 1999
- National Labor Relations Board v. Ancor Concepts, Inc., Amalgamated Industrial Union Local 76b, Iue, Afl-Cio, Intervenor 1999
- United States v. William Rivera, AKA Chan, AKA Choukie Miguel Nieves, AKA Charlie, AKA Mike, Christopher Guilfuchi, AKA Shorty 1999
- United States v. Darnley Faria 1998
- Oreste Abbamonte, Jr. v. United States 1998
- United States v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, William Carothers and Ken Mee 1998
- Ray Agard v. Leonard Portuondo, Superintendent of Fishkill Correctional Facility 1998
- Manuel Dejesus v. United States 1998
- United States v. Jeffrey P. Bouyea, Robert Michael Bouyea 1998
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 90,266 Irene L. Wright, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Ernst & Young LLP 1998