United States Third Circuit - February 2010 Opinion Summaries

US v. Brown

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Securities Law, Sentencing, White Collar Crime
Former Chief Legal Counsel for Rite Aid's conviction and sentence for conspiracy to commit accounting fraud, filing false statements with the SEC, and...

Rite Aid of Pennsylvania, Inc. v. United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 1776

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by a union against a drugstore chain (Rite Aid), claiming that Rite Aid denied entry when union representatives attempted to enter six of...

US v. Shenandoah

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
District court's denial of defendant's motion to dismiss his indictment for failing to register as a sex offender in violation of the Sex Offender...

Travelers Indem. Co. v. Dammann & Co., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Product Liability
In plaintiff-insurer's action seeking a declaration in federal court that it was not obligated to cover any claims asserted against its insured, a raw...

US v. Miller

Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Sentencing
In a prosecution of defendant for possession of child pornography and marijuana wherein he was sentenced to thirty months' imprisonment and a lifetime...

Battoni v. IBEW Local Union No. 102 Employee Pension Plan

Administrative Law, ERISA, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiffs' ERISA action challenging an amendment to their welfare plan as an unlawful cutback of their accrued benefits under their pension plan,...

Clausell v. Sherrer

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
District court's denial of defendant's petition for habeas relief is affirmed where: 1) defendant forfeited his right to raise a Batson claim on...

Snyder v. Blue Mountain Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law, Education Law
In plaintiffs' action against the school district for punishing their daughter for creating a internet profile of her high school principal on...

Layshock v. Hermitage Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law, Education Law
In plaintiffs' 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action arising after defendant-school district punished their son for creating a fake internet "profile" of his...

Smith v. Johnson & Johnson

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit seeking overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act against a wholly-owned subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, district...