Trade Links, LLC v. BI-QEM SA de CV

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Case overview

Case Number:

24-418

Court:

Appellate - 2nd Circuit

Nature of Suit:

 

  1. October 23, 2025

    Conn. Judge Awards $71K Fees In 'Minute Entry' Appeal Loss

    A Connecticut federal judge on Thursday awarded $71,050 in attorney fees to a company that defeated a Second Circuit challenge questioning whether an oral ruling and a "minute entry" were real judicial decisions that triggered a 30-day appeal deadline, finding the charges reasonable.

  2. October 14, 2025

    Justices Won't Decide If 'Minute Entry' Triggers Appeal Clock

    The U.S. Supreme Court said Tuesday it won't review the Second Circuit's finding that a Connecticut federal judge's oral ruling and follow-up minute entry were formal orders that triggered a 30-day countdown to appeal losses in a sales representation contract dispute worth $1.7 million. 

  3. May 16, 2025

    'Minute Entry' Counts As Real Judicial Order, 2nd Circ. Rules

    A Connecticut federal judge's oral ruling and follow-up minute entry were formal orders that triggered a 30-day countdown to appeal losses in a contract dispute worth $1.7 million, a Second Circuit panel has held, saying a plastic resin producer's interpretation of the relevant local rule "rings of empty formalism."

  4. April 23, 2025

    'Minute Entry' Isn't A Real Judicial Order, 2nd Circ. Told

    A Second Circuit panel on Wednesday seemed skeptical of a plastic resin producer's claim that a Connecticut federal district judge's oral ruling and follow-up minute entry weren't formal orders triggering a deadline to appeal several contract dispute losses totaling $1.7 million.