| Description | Date | Docket # |
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SMATHERS v. MULTI-TOOL, INC.United States Third Circuit
ERISA, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
An employee health plan administrator's denial of benefits was arbitrary and capricious under the heightened standard of review, necessarily applied...
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07/31/2002 | 01-1045 |
ALDEN LEEDS, INC. v. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH REVIEW COMM'NUnited States Third Circuit
Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
A citation for specific instances of improper chemical storage did not provide clear notice of violations of general storage practices under the...
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07/31/2002 | 00-2764 |
IN RE: FEDERAL-MOGUL GLOBAL, INC.United States Third Circuit
Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
No appellate jurisdiction exists over a denial of a motion to transfer and remand asbestos-related tort claims, whether the decision is construed as a...
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07/31/2002 | 02-1246/1491/1492/1528/1652/1664/1688/1741 |
ALLIED SIGNAL RECOVERY TRUST v. ALLIED SIGNAL, INC.United States Third Circuit
Civil Procedure
A decision to remand a case to state court, based on permissive abstention under 28 U.S.C. section 1334(c)(1) falls under the "any equitable ground"...
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07/31/2002 | 01-1111/1355/1139 |
EZEAGWUNA v. ASHCROFTUnited States Third Circuit
Immigration Law, International Law
A petitioner is eligible for political asylum and withholding of deportation where a credibility determination inappropriately relied on a letter...
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07/30/2002 | 01-3294 |
US v. WILLIAMSUnited States Third Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure
Arson of a vacant building, available for rent but not actually leased at the time of the fire, sufficiently affected interstate commerce, to...
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07/30/2002 | 01-3351 |
NEONATOLOGY ASSOC., P.A. v. COMM'R OF INTERNAL REVENUEUnited States Third Circuit
Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
Contributions made by professional medical corporations into Voluntary Employees Beneficiary Program Plans, well in excess of the cost of term life...
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07/29/2002 | 01-2862 |
KOOL, MANN, COFFEE & CO. v. COFFEYUnited States Third Circuit
Bankruptcy Law, Contracts
The value of a business after a proof of claim in bankruptcy proceedings is calculated, after taking into account claimant's fraudulent behavior and...
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07/29/2002 | 01-4052/4066 |
BA PROP., INC. v. GOV'T OF THE US VIRGIN ISLANDSUnited States Third Circuit
Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
Tax exemption provision section 128(a)(2) of the Virgin Islands Stamp Tax Act was intended to apply to transactions in which a deed of trust is used...
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07/29/2002 | 00-2771 |
US v. PHARISUnited States Third Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure
Court of Appeals lacked jurisdiction to hear the government's appeal (filed after the jury was sworn, several government witnesses testified, and the...
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07/26/2002 | 00-2855 |