United States Third Circuit - August 2010 Opinion Summaries

Howley v. Mellon Fin. Corp.

Labor & Employment Law, ERISA, Evidence
In plaintiff's suit for benefits and for unlawful discrimination under ERISA, as well as several related state law claims, arising from denial of...

Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. Chimet, S.P.A.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, International Law, Transportation
In Delta Airlines' suit for declaratory judgment seeking to limit its liability for losing approximately 100 kilograms of pure platinum shipped from...

Karpenko v. Leendertz

Family Law, Government Law, International Law
In a child custody dispute, a grant of a mother's petition for the child's return under the Hague Convention of the Civil Aspects of International...

Patel v. Attorney General

Government Law, Immigration Law
An Indian citizen's petition for review of the BIA's final order affirming the denial of her application for cancellation of removal is dismissed as...

Council Tree Communications, Inc. v. Fed. Communications Comm'n

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Government Law
A petition for review of multiple orders in FCC rulemaking in which the FCC changed the qualifications for designated entities (DE) status as well as...

Gallimore v. Attorney General

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
A Jamaican citizen's petition for review of BIA's final order of removal on the ground that petitioner's conviction alone rendered him ineligible for...

Steven I. v. Cent. Bucks Sch. Dist.

Civil Procedure, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law
In plaintiff's parents' suit seeking compensatory education from the 1997-1998 school year through the filing date for failure to provide a free...

McCauley v. Univ. of the Virgin Islands

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a university, its president and two other individuals arising from the university's decision...

Ario v. The Underwriting Members of Syndicate 53 at Lloyds for the 1998 Year of Account

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law, Sanctions
In the Insurance Commissioner's motion (as liquidator on behalf of primary insurers) to confirm in part, and to vacate in part, the award of the...

EBC, Inc. v. Clark Bldg. Sys., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Evidence
In a subcontractor's suit for breach of contract, fraudulent inducement, unjust enrichment, and an account stated, district court's judgment is...