United States Third Circuit - September 2009 Opinion Summaries

Delaware River & Bay Auth. v. Kopacz

Admiralty, Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an admiralty case involving shipowner's duty to pay maintenance to a seaman, district court's award of declaratory judgment in favor of the...

US v. Starnes

Construction, Criminal Law & Procedure, Environmental Law, Evidence, Government Contracts, Government Law, Sentencing
District court's sentence and conviction of defendants for, inter alia, knowingly violating EPA work practice standards for the handling and disposal...

In re: Pharm. Benefit Managers Antitrust Litig.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law
In one of six similar antitrust actions challenging the practices of prescription benefits managers, that was transferred by the Judicial Panel on...

US v. Harris

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sanctions, Sentencing
District court's denial of defendant's motion to vacate an order of civil contempt that has been in effect for over five years stemming from a...

Erdman v. Nationwide Ins. Co.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's case against her former employer under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and for...

AT&T Inc. v. FCC

Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Government Law
Petition for review of a decision rejecting AT&T's claim that the FCC could not lawfully release documents pursuant to the Freedom Of Information...

Thomas v. Carroll

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a case involving a pro se defendant convicted and sentenced for assaulting a corrections officer while serving a thirty-five year sentence, a...

Parker v. Conway

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an inmate's suit against a prison guard under section 1983, district court's ruling that the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), 42 U.S.C. section...

US v. Cesare

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence of defendant convicted of bank robbery and armed bank robbery is vacated for the lesser included offense as district court erred by imposing...

US v. Bond

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Defendant's conviction and sentence for possessing and using a chemical weapon and mail theft, arising from her efforts to poison a former friend, is...