Jose Alberto Cabranes

2008

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What was filed

  • 44

    investments

  • 1

    positions

  • 2

    gifts

  • 0

    agreements

  • 0

    debts

  • 0

    reimbursements

  • 0

    income

  • 2

    spouse income

Named parties

  • 5/6/08
  • 10/13/08
  • 10/16/08
  • 10/14/08
  • 12/17/08
  • 1/23/09
  • 8/4/08
  • 1/3/08
  • 3/19/07
  • TC [@]
  • The Quinnipiak Club, New Haven, CT
  • See "Attachment C" attached hereto
  • University of Chicago Press (Royalites) —_
  • Thomson-West (Royalties) -_

As filed

Fidelity Asset Manager — Int/Div

CT Higher Education Trust — None

CT Higher Education Trust — None

Citizens Bank accounts — Interest

HSBC Savings Account — Interest — 5/6/08

Vanguard Money Market Account — Int/Div

Vanguard REIT Index Fund — Int/Div — Sold — 10/13/08

Vanguard Totatl STK MKTETF — Int/Div — Sold — 10/16/08

Vanguard Value Index Fund — Int/Div — Sold — 10/14/08

Vanguard Money Market Fund — Int/Div — Buy — 10/14/08

Chase CD — Interest — Buy — 12/17/08

Evergreeen Serv. Co — Int/Div

Macy's, f/k/a Federated Department Stores f/k/a May Depart. — Int/Div

WYE Wyeth — Int/Div — 1/23/09

TIAA-CREF Annuity (vested) — Int/Div

TIAA-CREF Pension — None

TIAA-CREF IRA — None

Hartford Life & Annuity Ins. Co. (variable li fe ins. policy) — None

NPI Nuveen Premium INC MUN FD — Interest — Buy — 8/4/08

Nuveen Conn DVD ADV MUNI — Interest — Buy — 1/3/08

PBCT People's United Financial Inc — Int/Div — Buy — 3/19/07

See "Attachment D" hereto

Fidelity Assct Manager — Int/Div

CT Higher Education Trust — None

CT Higher Education Trust — None

Citizens Bank accounts — Interest

HSBC Savings Account — Intercst — 5/6/08

Vanguard Moncy Market Account — Int/Div

Vanguard REIT Index Fund — Int/Div — Sold — 10/13/08

Vanguard Totatl STK MKTETF — Int/Div — Sold — 10/16/08

Vanguard Valuc Index Fund — Int/Div — Sold — 10/14/08

Vanguard Moncy Market Fund — Int/Div — Buy — 10/14/08

Chase CD — Interest — Buy — 12/17/08

Evergrecen Serv. Co. — Int/Div

Macy's, f/k/a Federated Department Stores, f/k/a May Depart. — Int/Div

WYE Wyeth — Int/Div — 1/23/09

TIAA-CREF Annuity (vested) — Int/Div

TIAA-CREF Pension — None

TIAA-CREF IRA — Nonc

Hartford Life & Annuity Ins. Co. (variable li fe ins. policy) — None

NPI Nuveen Premium INC MUN FD — Interest — Buy — 8/4/08

Nuveen Conn DVD ADV MUNI — Interest — Buy — 1/3/08

PBCT People’s United Financial Inc — Int/Div

See "Attachment D" hereto

TC [@]

Gift — The Quinnipiak Club, New Haven, CT — Lunch (at my own expense) pnvilege

Gift — See "Attachment C" attached hereto

Spouse's income — 2008 — University of Chicago Press (Royalites) —_

Spouse's income — 2008 — Thomson-West (Royalties) -_

U.S. Circuit Judge (Second Circuit)

July 16, 2009

FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REPORT FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2008

ATTACHMENT C

V. Gifts

In 2008, and for many years since I became a federal judge in December 1979, I have benefitted from the

opportunity afforded by The Quinnipiack Club of New Haven, Connecticut (“Club”) to state and federal judges

who work in New Haven, and to the Mayor of the City of New Haven, to have lunch at the Club at their own

expense.

In Pub. L. No. 110-402, Section 2, 122 Stat. 4255 (Oct. 13, 2008), Congress enacted legislation

prohibiting a judicial officer from accepting a gift of an honorary club membership with a value of more than $50

in any calendar year. This legislation was followed by a May 13, 2009 advisory letter regarding this legislation to

federal judges from the Chair of the Committee on Codes of Conduct of the Judicial Conference of the United

States, captioned “Restrictions on Honorary Club Memberships.” This legislation and letter caused me to question

for the first time whether the lunch arrangement at the Club constitutes a “gift” reportable on my annual Financial

Disclosure Form. After careful consideration of the matter, I have concluded that, in the circumstances presented,

reporting the arrangement may be appropriate.

Under the arrangement described above 1 have never been, nor am I now, a member or honorary member

of the Club. Nor have I ever been entitled, or am I now entitled, to any of the usual perquisites of Club

membership—e.g., the rights to have breakfast or dinner at the Club; provide lodging at the Club for guests; or

use the banquet facilities of the Club. Because the luncheon arrangement described above is available to no other

group or groups of persons, and is not available for purchase by any other group, neither the Club nor I are able to

fix a “value” for the arrangement, much less the “fair market value” of the arrangement. Nevertheless, in the

interest of completeness, and in light of the recent legislation and the guidance of the Committee on Codes of

Conduct, I hereby report the arrangement, despite the fact that I have been unable to determine how a value on

the arrangement can be determined and despite my inability to be certain of its reportability.

In sum, because of the impossibility of determining the value of this arrangement, I have decided to

discontinue this limited association with the Club, effective on the date of this annual Financial Disclosure Form.

This is a copy of a public record, reproduced as it was published. It is not legal advice, and it may not be the version a court would rely on. Check the official source before you cite it.

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