New York v. National Services Industries

by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

352 F.3d 682

STATE OF NEW YORK, Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

NATIONAL SERVICES INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Counter-Defendant-Appellant

No. 02-9227

United States Court of Appeals,
Second Circuit.

June 20, 2003, Argued
December 17, 2003, Decided

On remand at, Summary judgment granted by, Complaint dismissed at New York v. Nat'l Serv. Indus., 380 F. Supp. 2d 122 (E.D.N.Y., 2005)

Appeal from the grant by United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Jacob Mishler, District Judge) of plaintiff's motion for summary judgment. New York v. Nat'l Servs. Indus., 134 F. Supp. 2d 275 (E.D.N.Y., 2001)

Vacated and remanded.

PEDRO MEDINA, Assistant Attorney General (Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General of the State of New York, Deon Nossel, Assistant Solicitor General, Gordon J. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief), New York, NY for Plaintiff-Appellee.

PATRICIA T. BARMEYER, King & Spalding, LLP (Griffin B. Bell, Beverlee E. Silva, Lewis B. Jones, on the brief), Atlanta, GA for Defendant-Appellant.

William F. Krebs, Galland, Kharasch, Greenberg, Fellman & Swirsky, P.C., (Steven John Fellman, David K. Monroe, on the brief), Washington, D.C. for Amicus Curiae Textile Rental Services Association of America, Inc.

Jeffrey N. Martin, Hunton & Williams, Washington, D.C., (Eric J. Murdock, Henry V. Nickel, Douglas S. Burdin, Hunton & Williams, David S. Biderman, Jan S. Amundson, Washington, D.C., Steven Helm, Jo Lynn White, Scottsdale, AZ, on the brief), for Amici Curiae Allied Waste Industries, Inc., National Solid Wastes Management Association, and National Association of Manufacturers.

Before: WALKER, Chief Judge, LEVAL, and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges. Judge Leval concurs in the majority opinion and in a separate concurring opinion.