Frank X. Altimari — judge journal: record, career & affiliations

Affiliations

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit — appointed by Ronald Reagan

District Court, E.D. New York — appointed by Ronald Reagan

Decision levers

AI-measured from their own opinions — each lever cites its cases

Judicial activismJudicial restraint

Kostiuk [4] explicitly calls for halting 'trivial' §1983 suits that mock the statute's purpose and burden federal courts, demonstrating judicial restraint. Kostiuk v. Town of Riverhead ↗

Willing to revisit precedentStrong stare decisis

Kostiuk [4] relies on Monroe v. Pape and Raymon without questioning their authority, applying established limits on §1983 scope. Kostiuk v. Town of Riverhead ↗

Deference to government powerSkepticism of government power

Kostiuk [4] protects local government actors from federal suit over minor conduct and nuclear-plant cases defer to federal regulatory scheme over local resistance. Kostiuk v. Town of Riverhead ↗ Long Island Lighting Co. v. Coun… ↗ Citizens for an Orderly Energy P… ↗

Record analysis

AI-compiled from the cited opinions below

Decisions from the District Court for the Eastern District of New York issued between 1983 and 1987. Cases addressed federal benefits claims, energy and utility regulation, agency actions, bankruptcy, and local government matters.

Federal benefits claims

Rulings on claims against the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Hall v. Bowen ↗Quinones v. Secretary of the Department of H… ↗Haskin v. Secretary of the Department of Hea… ↗

Energy and utility regulation

Disputes involving Long Island Lighting Company, county policies, and related citizen or state actions.

Long Island Lighting Co. v. County of Suffol… ↗Citizens for an Orderly Energy Policy, Inc. … ↗Cuomo v. Long Island Lighting Co. ↗

Federal agency regulation

Cases concerning actions by the Department of Agriculture and the Federal Insurance Administration.

Steinberg v. United States Department of Agr… ↗Cohen v. Federal Insurance Administration ↗

Bankruptcy proceedings

Matters arising in corporate bankruptcy.

Q1 Corp. v. Reichenstein (In Re Q1 Corp.) ↗

Local government actions

Challenges to decisions by towns and municipalities.

Kostiuk v. Town of Riverhead ↗

Decision record

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