| Description | Date | Docket # |
|---|---|---|
US v. TidwellUnited States Third Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence to life of imprisonment for engaging in a "continuing criminal enterprise" in violation of 21 U.S.C. section 848 is affirmed over a primary...
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03/31/2008 | 02-3139 |
Abu-Jamal v. CookUnited States Third Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
A judgment, which affirmed a murder conviction but vacated a death sentence and granted a new penalty hearing, is affirmed where jury instructions and...
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03/27/2008 | 01-9014 & 02-9001 |
US v. HawesUnited States Third Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence for mail fraud related offenses is vacated and remanded where 1) district court improperly calculated the applicable sentencing guideline...
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03/27/2008 | 06-3334 |
Pineda v. Ford Motor Co.United States Third Circuit
Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
(Industry: Consumer Products) In a products liability action brought against Ford by an automobile technician who was injured when the rear liftgate glass of a 2002 Ford Explorer...
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03/24/2008 | 07-1191 |
Carrascosa v. McGuireUnited States Third Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Family Law, Habeas Corpus, International Law, Judgement Enforcement, Sanctions
In a case involving the incarceration of a parent who violated terms of a Parenting Agreement for failure to return her child from abroad, denial and...
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03/20/2008 | 07-1748/4130 |
Augustin v. Atty. Gen. of the USUnited States Third Circuit
Immigration Law
Petition for review of a BIA order concluding that petitioner was removable and ineligible for cancellation of removal is denied where the the BIA did...
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03/20/2008 | 06-4744 |
People Against Police Violence v. City of PittsburghUnited States Third Circuit
Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Remedies
In a lawsuit to challenging the constitutionality of Pittsburgh's ordinance regulating expressive activities in public forums, an order awarding...
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03/17/2008 | 06-4457 |
Yusupov v. US Attorney GeneralUnited States Third Circuit
Immigration Law
Petitions for review of decisions finding, inter alia, Uzbek petitioners barred from withholding of removal under the national security exception are...
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03/14/2008 | 05-4232, 05-5411 |
Vakker v. US Attorney GeneralUnited States Third Circuit
Immigration Law
Petition for review of BIA's denial of a motion to remand a case for reconsideration of "paroled" alien's requested renewal of a previously denied...
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03/14/2008 | 06-1949 |
LaSala v. Bordier et CieUnited States Third Circuit
Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
The Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act (SLUSA) is no impediment to federal adjudication of either: 1) state law...
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03/11/2008 | 06-4323 |