United States Third Circuit - February 2007 Opinion Summaries

US v. Shedrick

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Denial of a petition for habeas corpus challenging a conviction and sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm is affirmed where: 1)...

Trafford Distr. Ctr. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Administrative Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
A warehousing company's petition for review of a ruling finding it was bound by certain collective bargaining agreements is denied where the NLRB's...

Lavira v. Attorney Gen. of the US

Health Law, Immigration Law
A petition for review of a denial of claims for withholding of removal under the INA and the CAT brought by wheelchair-bound, HIV-positive Haitian...

Arnold v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
In an appeal arising from an action brought against a former employer-agency for violations of the Pennsylvania Whistleblower Law and 42 U.S.C....

Kibinda v. Attorney Gen. of the US

Immigration Law
An Angolan citizen's petition for review challenging a denial of asylum and related relief is denied where substantial evidence supported an IJ's...

Jeune v. Attorney Gen. of the US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
A conviction under 35 Pa. Cons. Stat. Ann. section 780-113(a)(30) for the manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver,...

US v. Vargas

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for illegally reentering the United States after he was deported following conviction of an aggravated felony is affirmed where...

US v. Siegel

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A sentence for transmission of child pornography is affirmed where defendant's conviction for indecent assault under Pennsylvania law constituted a...

Watson v. Abington Township

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case brought against a township, its police department, and police officers and chief involving police's harassment of a...

Johnson v. Knorr

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Sentencing
Notwithstanding the contrary rule when a plaintiff is pursuing false arrest charges, a defendant initiating criminal proceedings on multiple charges...