EXPERIENCE:
1981 TO THE PRESENT: Richard P. Caro, J.D.
New York and Chicago
1983-1986: Member of the Standing Committee on Federal
Legislation of the Bar Association of the City of New York.
1983: Guest Lecturer, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
1975-81: Assistant United States Attorney, Office Of The
United States Attorney For The Eastern District of New York -
Civil Division.
--1980: Guest Speaker - Washington, D.C. Conference on
Social Science/Statistics in Law Re: Caulfield v. Board
of Education, 486 F. Supp. 605 (E.D.N.Y.), aff'd, 632 F.
2d 999 (2nd Cir.), cert. denied, 450 U.S. 1030 (1981).
--1979-81: Adjunct Clinical Professor of Law, Brooklyn
Law School -Course: U.S. Attorneys' Civil Litigation
for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.
--1978, 1980: Instructor in the Department of Justice's
Civil Litigation Clinical Course.
--1979: Recipient of the Department of Justice's Special
Merit Award for Excellence.
1973-75: Associate, Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, One Wall
Street, New York, New York 10005.
1972-73: Law Clerk to the Hon. Charles Fahy, Senior Circuit
Court of Appeals Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia.
EDUCATION: GEORGETOWN LAW CENTER, 1969-72, J.D. -- June 1972
--Full Academic Scholarship: 1969-70, 1970-71, 1971-72.
--Law Journal: Law & Policy in International Business,
Executive Editorial Board, Business Editor, 1971-72.
PASSIONIST MONASTIC SEMINARY, Jamaica, N.Y. -- B.A. 1967.
PUBLICATION: Vol. 188 America No. 12, April 7, 2003:
“Scheidler v. NOW, The Supreme Court and Public
Protest”
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SAMPLES OF CASES LITIGATED
(Cases preceded with an * were heard and decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.)
Administrative and Regulatory Law:
*Merck v. Staats, 529 F. Supp. 1 (D.D.C. 1977), aff'd, 665 F. 2d
1236 (D.C. Cir. 1981), aff'd, 460 U.S. 824, 103 S. Ct. 1587, 75 L.
Ed.2d 580 (1983) (scope of Comptroller General's authority to
inspect records of contractor under standard negotiated contract
provision.)
NOEL v. CPSC, 526 F. 2D. 1368 (2d Cir. 1975) (right of agency to
obtain and disseminate information).
Small v. Kiley, 567 F. 2d 163 (2d Cir. 1977) (prerequisites to
enjoin agency proceedings).
United States v. Air France, 75 Cr. 1578 (E.D.N.Y.) and related
civil and criminal proceedings and appeals (tariff enforcement).
United States v. Aquavella, 74 C 857 (E.D.N.Y.), rev'd in part, 615
F. 2d 12 (2d Cir. 1979) (action to recover Medicare overpayments,
setting nationwide standards).
United States v. Howard Oil Co., 78 C 2002 (E.D.N.Y.) (oil price
overcharge).
United States v. North Hempstead, 610 F. 2d 1025 (2d Cir. 1979)
(enforcement of air pollution emission standards).
West Hampton House v. Carey, 506 F. Supp. 215 (E.D.N.Y. 1980)
(third party beneficiary action to force Army Corps of Engineers to
replace eroded sand in front of a coop apartment building.)
Zambrana v. Califano, 651 F.2d 842 (2d Cir. 1981) (class action
seeking imposition of mandatory processing time limits for court
remanded Social Security cases.)
Zeller v. United States, 467 F. Supp. 487 (E.D.N.Y. 1979)
(challenge to disclosure of information under the Privacy Act).
Civil Rights and Constitutional Law:
Arthur v. Starrett City Assocs., Et Al., 79 C 3096 (E.D.N.Y.) (a
civil rights class action challenging discrimination in the processing
of applications to federally subsidized apartments. Contrary to
defendants’ contention, HUD established its policy as barring
discrimination in the allocation of apartment units, including to
avoid tipping). (My letter on HUD’s policy and regulation was cited
in other cases, became the statement of HUD’s formal position and
the basis for subsequent enforcement actions.)
*Board of Education v. Califano (I), 584 F. 2d 576 (2d Cir. 1978),
aff'd sub. nom. Board of Education v. Harris, 444 U.S. 130, 100 S.
Ct. 363, 62 L. Ed.2d 275 (1979) (standards of ineligibility for grant
under the Emergency School Aid Act).
Board of Education v. Califano (II), 464 F. Supp. 1114 (E.D.N.Y.),
aff'd sub nom. Board of Education v. Harris, 622 F. 2d 599 (2d Cir.
1979), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 1124 (1981) (standards for obtaining
a waiver of ineligibility under the Emergency School Aid Act).
Caulfield v. Board of Education, 449 F. Supp. 1203 (E.D.N.Y.),
rev'd in part, 583 2d 605 (2d Cir. 1978), on remand, 486 F. Supp.
605 (E.D.N.Y. 1979), aff'd, 632 F. 2d 999 (2d Cir. 1980), cert.
denied, 456 U.S. 1030 (1981) (challenge to the constitutionality and
validity of a voluntary compliance agreement entered into pursuant
to Titles VI and IX).
Cleveland v. CBS, 87 C 8513 (N.D. Ill.)(action for employment age
discrimination - termination of employment).
Congregation Beth Yitzhok v. Briskman, CV-82-2066 (E.D.N.Y.)
(religious dispute between factions of a Hassidic Congregation
alleged as violations of RICO).
Cruz v. Tyson Foods, Inc., Civil Action No. 02 C 2761 (N.D. Ill.)
(civil RICO action based upon alleged conspiracy involving theft of
identities to hire illegal aliens and evade INS detection).
Goldberg v. Weinberger, 546 F. 2d 477 (2d Cir. 1976), cert.
denied, 431 U.S. 937 (1977) (challenge to the constitutionality of
limitations to Social Security benefits for widows who remarry).
Green Party of N.Y.S. v. N.Y.S. Board of Elections, Docket No. 03-
7679 (2d Cir. Nov. 17, 2004)(action to enjoin State’s
disenfranchisement of minority parties whose Gubernatorial
candidate failed to get 50,000 votes in last election).
Grundman v. Trans World Airlines, Inc., 87 Civ. 8927 (S.D.N.Y.)
(action for employment age discrimination - coerced resignation).
Hansen v. State of Oregon, 90-6341 (D.Or.) (action to redress
violations of civil and constitutional rights arising from unlawful
search).
*Jamaica Savings Bank v. Lefkowitz, 390 F. Supp. 1357 (E.D.
N.Y.), aff'd, 423 U.S. 802 (1975) (challenge under the Contract
Clause to state requirement of interest payments on escrow
accounts).
Katcoff v. Alexander, 599 F. Supp. 987 (E.D.N.Y. 1980), 582 F.
Supp. 463, aff’d in pt. and revd. in pt., 755 F.2d 223 (2d Cir. 1985)
(challenge to the constitutionality of the Army's chaplaincy program).
Malhotra v. Cotter & Company, Docket No. 90-3862 (7th Cir.)
(appeal to determine post Patterson standard for denials of
promotion actionable under 42 U.S.C. Section 1981).
*McRae v. Harris, 491 F. Supp 630 (E.D.N.Y.), rev'd, 448 U.S.
297 (1980)(challenge to the constitutionality of congressional
limitations to medicaid funding of abortions).
*NOW v. Scheidler, 86 C 7888 (N.D. Ill.), remanded, 510 U.S.249
(1994), on remand, 267 F.3d 687 (7th Cir. 2001), reversed sub
nom., Scheidler v. NOW, 537 U.S. 393, 123 S. Ct. 1057, 154 L.
Ed. 2d 991 (2003) (Civil RICO action against abortion protestors
based on alleged predicate acts of extortion). Supreme Court’s
decision was reviewed in 188 America No. 12, “Scheidler v.
NOW: The Supreme Court and public Protest,” pp. 18-21 (April 7,
2003).
Turkmen v. Ashcroft, 02 Civ. 2307 (E.D.N.Y. ) (John Gleeson, D.J.)
(pending): Bivens action against federal officials and the United
States for alleged violations of constitutional rights of persons
arrested, held in detention and deported for violations of
Immigration laws after 9/11.
Verdell v. Kocher, 76 C 908 (E.D.N.Y.) (Title VII class action for
systemic racial employment discrimination).
United States v. Alaw, 98 CV 01446 (D.D.C.), affirmed sub nom.,
United States v. Mahoney, 246 F.3d 279 (D.C. Cir. 2001), on
remand, 180 F. Supp. 2d 197 (D.C.D.C. 2001), rev’d in part, 327 F.
3d 1217 (D.C. Cir. 2003) ( civil FACE action against pro-life
protestors raising statutory issues of first impression and significant
constitutional issues, including vagueness and over breath of civil
injunction).
United States v. Board of Education, 76 C 861 (E.D.N.Y.), appeal
dismissed as moot, 543 F. 2d 1 (2d Cir. 1976) (action to compel
disclosure of racial, ethnic, and sex data, and related contempt
actions).
United States v. Cohen, 796 F.2d 20 (2d Cir. 1986), cert. denied,
479 U.S. 854 (1987) (Fourth Amendment bars cell search and
seizure by prosecution of pre-trial detainee's cell notes).
United States v. Nassau County, CV-80-1054 (E.D.N.Y.) (action to
remedy systemic sex employment discrimination).
Corporate-Commercial Law:
Charter Travel Corporation v. Air National Aircraft Sales &
Service, Inc., C-84-20526 (N.D. Cal.)(action and counteraction for
breach of contract and fraud).
FDIC v. Interbanca-Banca Per Finanziamenti A Medio Termine S.
A., 74 Civ. 5737 (S.D.N.Y.) (action for fraud and breach of
fiduciary duty).
J.D. Posillico, Inc. v. E.F. Hutton, CV-83-1003 (E.D.N.Y.) (action
for alleged securities fraud).
Opinion of the Justices Re Farmers Bank of Delaware (authority of
state to amend bank charter to eliminate cumulative voting).
Richter v. Sudman, 85 Civ. 2773 (S.D.N.Y.)(action for securities
fraud and racketeering).
Stuart v. Allied Pictures Corp., 73 Civ. 1616 (S.D.N.Y.); Kleinfield
v. Allied Pictures Corp., Civil Action No. 4445 (Ch. Ct. Del.)
(challenges to preferred shareholders' retention of control of
corporation).
Thompson v. Hopwood Investments Ltd., 87 Civ. 6873 (S.D.N.Y.)
(action for alleged securities fraud, racketeering, and breach of
contract).
Trask v. Kasenetz, CV-81-0917 (E.D.N.Y.) (action for alleged
securities fraud and RICO violations)
EXPERIENCE and EDUCATION
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