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United States Third Circuit - April 2007 Opinion Summaries

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Ye v. US
United States Third Circuit
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law 
In an action arising out of a patient's death shortly after receiving a doctor's assurances, a mere assurance by a state actor cannot be an... 		04/30/2007 06-1034
McAleese v. Brennan
United States Third Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing 
Denial of a habeas petition brought by a prisoner convicted of third-degree murder of his ex-wife as time-barred is affirmed over a primary argument... 		04/27/2007 04-1439
Nnadika v. Attorney Gen. of the US
United States Third Circuit
Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Immigration Law 
In the context of the REAL ID Act and the applicability of its jurisdiction-stripping and transfer provisions, only challenges that directly implicate... 		04/27/2007 05-3915
US v. Batista
United States Third Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing 
Feigning mental illness is an appropriate basis for an obstruction of justice enhancement under the United States Sentencing Guidelines. 		04/25/2007 05-2949
State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Rosenthal
United States Third Circuit
Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law 
In an insurer's declaratory judgment action against an insured alleging that his underinsured motorist claim was time barred by Pennsylvania's... 		04/20/2007 06-2158
Albrecht v. Horn
United States Third Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing 
In a death penalty case in which petitioner was found to have killed his wife, mother, and daughter by setting the family home on fire, grant of... 		04/19/2007 04-9005, 04-9006
Rendell v. Rumsfeld
United States Third Circuit
Civil Procedure, Government Law, Military Law 
In Pennsylvania officials' challenge to the legality of recommendations made by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to deactivate the 111th Fighter... 		04/18/2007 05-4740
US v. Robinson
United States Third Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing 
A sentence pursuant to a guilty plea to cocaine possession with the intent to distribute is affirmed over a meritless claim that the use of hearsay... 		04/16/2007 05-5330
Chukwu v. Attorney Gen. of the US
United States Third Circuit
Immigration Law 
Nigerian citizen's petition for review of a denial of asylum and related relief is granted and the matter remanded where an IJ erred in making an... 		04/13/2007 05-4068
US v. Wecht
United States Third Circuit
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Media Law 
In the context of local rules limiting attorney speech connected to pending or imminent criminal litigation, the circuit court exercises its... 		04/12/2007 06-3098

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