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United States Third Circuit - February 2008 Opinion Summaries

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Chao v. Roy's Constr., Inc.
United States Third Circuit
Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law 
In a case arising from citations issued against respondent-construction company for alleged OSHA violations, an order affirming a grant of Rule...
02/29/2008 06-3577
US v. Smalley
United States Third Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing 
A sentence for bank robbery is vacated and remanded for resentencing where: 1) the district court erred in applying a four-level enhancement for...
02/29/2008 06-4552
Warner Lambert Co. v. LEP Profit Int'l, Inc.
United States Third Circuit
Commercial Law, Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Transportation 
A judgment limiting defendants' liability pursuant to Article 22(2) of the Warsaw Convention for pharmaceutical cargo destroyed when a FedEx plane...
02/27/2008 06-3244, 06-3340, 06-3341
US v. Langford
United States Third Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing 
A sentence for bank robbery, armed bank robbery, and carrying and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence is vacated and remanded. Given the...
02/22/2008 06-2774
US v. Cunningham
United States Third Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence 
Convictions for drug and firearm-related offenses are affirmed in part as to a conviction for drug possession, but reversed in part as to a conviction...
02/21/2008 06-3899
US v. Drennon
United States Third Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing 
A sentence for bank robbery is affirmed where the record in this case did not support a finding that the government's refusal to file a U.S.S.G....
02/20/2008 06-3399
Merando v. US
United States Third Circuit
Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law 
In a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) suit arising from the death of plaintiff's wife and daughter when a tree fell on their car in a government park,...
02/20/2008 06-4657
Monoson v. US
United States Third Circuit
Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies 
20 V.I.C. section 555, which limits the recovery of non-economic damages arising from a motor vehicle accident to $75,000, is impermissibly...
02/20/2008 07-1983
Swallows Holding, Ltd. v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue
United States Third Circuit
Administrative Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, International Law, Tax Law 
A tax court decision holding Treas. Reg. 1.882-4(a)(3)(i) to be invalid is reversed where: 1) the Tax Court erred in applying National Muffler Dealers...
02/19/2008 06-3388
Campbell v. Burris
United States Third Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus 
Denial of a petition for habeas relief from a conviction drug-related offenses is affirmed where: 1) Delaware Supreme Court Rule 8 provides an...
02/14/2008 05-5156

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