# Jose Alberto Cabranes > Federal judicial disclosures. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/disclosures/26401 ## Record - **Judge:** Jose Alberto Cabranes - **Year:** 2008 - **Pages:** 25 ## Text 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. --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/disclosures/26401. Public record. Not legal advice.