| Description | Date | Docket # |
|---|---|---|
BERKE v. BLOCHUnited States Third Circuit
Civil Procedure
When a district court dismisses a case pending settlement, and grants the plaintiffs leave to refile within a set period of time, the order cannot be...
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02/28/2001 | 00-2078 |
HUGHES v. LONGUnited States Third Circuit
Civil Procedure, Family Law
A court-appointed custody evaluator enjoys judicial immunity as an "arm of the court," similar to a guardian ad litem or a court-appointed doctor or...
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02/28/2001 | 99-2037 |
US v. PULTRONEUnited States Third Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant waived every of allegation of error when he failed to pursue a direct appeal from the initial judgment, so the appellate court lacks...
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02/27/2001 | 98-1535 |
RAUSER v. HORNUnited States Third Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure
Once a prisoner demonstrates that his exercise of a constitutional right was a substantial or motivating factor in an official decision, prison...
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02/27/2001 | 99-4013 |
US v. RICHARDSUnited States Third Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure
Evidence implicating the "friend" of a co-defendant violated defendant's Sixth Amendment rights because it was obvious that the defendant was the...
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02/27/2001 | 99-3966 |
US v. YEUNGUnited States Third Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure
Where no quantity of drugs for sale was ever negotiated between conspirators, application Note 12 to USSG 2D1.1 suggests that the amount of drugs...
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02/27/2001 | 99-2040; 99-2048 |
GOV'T OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS v. ALBERTUnited States Third Circuit
Evidence
Trial court's admission of gruesome videotape of the crime scene into evidence is not an abuse of discretion where the tape let the government counter...
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02/26/2001 | 00-1604 |
US v. YOULAUnited States Third Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure
Two-page Ander's brief submitted by criminal appellant's attorney, lacking any case law and discussion of extensive issues raised by appellant,...
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02/26/2001 | 99-5151 |
IN RE: GRAND JURYUnited States Third Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Disciplinary Code
Where the District Court relied on neither Fed. R. Crim. P. 17 nor an analysis of the crime-fraud exception to decline to compel an attorney's...
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02/23/2001 | 00-5186 |
US v. STEELEUnited States Third Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure
Appellant is not entitled to a hearing on his 28 USC 2255 motion to vacate his conviction where record conclusively shows that government's subpoena...
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02/21/2001 | 99-3567 |