United States Third Circuit - December 2009 Opinion Summaries

Vallies v. Sky Bank

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In a putative class action against a bank claiming violation of the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) disclosure requirements involving loans to finance...

In re W.R. Grace & Co.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law
In proceedings involving asbestos litigation against mining company W.R. Grace, who had sought Chapter 11 protection, and against the State of...

Kach v. Hose

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Education Law
In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against a former middle school security guard, whom she had run away with when she was fourteen years old...

Wilson v. Beard

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
District court's decision to grant defendant's request for habeas relief and to vacate his capital murder conviction concluding that a Brady violation...

Smith v. City of Allentown

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against a city and its mayor claiming discrimination based upon his age and political affiliation after he was discharged as a...

Deweese v. Nat'l RR Passenger Corp.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In a dispute arising from an accident in which a passenger was struck by an Amtrak train which resulted in a settlement with the passenger, but...

In re: 15375 Memorial Corp.

Administrative Law, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Oil and Gas Law
In Chapter 11 proceedings filed by two companies involved in oil and gas explorations, district court's order dismissing the bankruptcy petitions for...

In re: Plassein Int'l Corp.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Securities Law
In an adversary proceeding brought by the trustee of a corporation and the subsidiaries it had acquired in related leveraged buy-outs, seeking to...

In Re: Schering Plough Corp. ERISA Litig.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action suit against Schering-Plough Corporation and certain of its officers and directors under ERISA section 502(a)(2) arising out of the...

US v. Battis

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In defendant's challenge to his conviction for attempted homicide and related offenses arising from a fight at a bar, judgment of the district court...