United States Third Circuit - August 2008 Opinion Summaries

In Re: APA Transp. Corp. Consol. Litig.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a suit alleging violations of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act and ERISA by a trucking company that shut down, summary...

Morales v. Sun Constructors, Inc.

Construction, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful-termination suit, denial of defendant-employer's motion to stay is reversed and remanded for entry of a stay pending arbitration where...

In Re: Lucent Death Benefits ERISA Litig.

Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a putative class-action suit relating to the termination of a pensioner death benefit, dismissal for failure to state a claim is affirmed where the...

US v. Leveto

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Tax Law, White Collar Crime
Conviction for federal income tax fraud is affirmed where: 1) defendant had knowingly and voluntarily waived his Sixth Amendment right to counsel and,...

Swiger v. Allegheny Energy, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a tort suit asserting numerous state-law claims, dismissal for lack of federal diversity jurisdiction is affirmed where a federal district court...

Lombardo v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Dept. of Pub. Welfare

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment-discrimination suit against a state agency, denial of a motion to dismiss is reversed where: 1) by voluntarily removing the matter...

Combs v. Homer-Center Sch. Dist.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Family Law, Government Law
In a suit by parents who home-school their children seeking declaratory relief and a permanent injunction to prohibit the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania...

Bond v. Beard

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Habeas Corpus, Health Law
In a capital-murder case, denial of petition for habeas relief as to defendant's conviction, and grant of relief as to his death sentence, are...

Wong v. Atty. Gen. US

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of a final order of removal is denied where the evidence in the record did not compel a finding that petitioner had a well-founded...

Three Keys Ltd. v. SR Util. Holding Co.

Civil Procedure
In an action by the former executor of an estate seeking access to dividend payments on shares of defendant corporation, which shares plaintiff had...