United States Third Circuit - September 2007 Opinion Summaries

Council Tree Communications, Inc. v. Fed. Communications Comm'n

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Government Law
Petition for review of FCC orders enacting new rules regarding competitive bidding for wireless communications spectrum licenses is dismissed as it...

Sec'y of Labor v. Trinity Indus., Inc.

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Petitions for review brought by the Secretary of Labor and an employer of decisions upholding two violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act...

US v. Lafferty

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a prosecution for offenses arising from a burglary, denial of defendant's motion to suppress statements she and an alleged confederate made during...

Edgar v. Avaya, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In a suit brought by a former employee alleging that defendant-employer and several of its officers breached their fiduciary duties under section 404...

Biskupski v. Attorney Gen. of the US

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In the context of the applicability of the new definitions of aggravated felony to immigration cases commenced prior to the Illegal Immigration Reform...

Winer Family Trust v. Queen

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In securities class litigation involving a stock purchase agreement between a company that provides case-ready meat to customers and a company that...

Jiminez v. All Am. Bookseller, Inc.

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action raising, inter alia, claims under theories of municipal liability and state-created danger liability arising from a student's death...

Anspach v. City of Philadelphia

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law
In an action brought by a minor and her parents against Philadelphia and certain of its agents alleging they committed various constitutional and...

US v. Olfano

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A sentence for receiving child pornography is affirmed, without prejudice to defendant's right to file a collateral proceeding alleging ineffective...

Taylor v. Horn

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Health Law, Sentencing
Denial of habeas relief for a Pennsylvania inmate sentenced to death for murdering his wife, two children, and other family members, is affirmed over...