United States Third Circuit - December 2010 Opinion Summaries

US v. Kulick

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a prosecution of defendant for being a felon in possession of a firearm, district court's imposition of a 37-month sentence in assigning a base...

Cruz v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Government Law
In plaintiff's on-going suit seeking judicial review of the final decision of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration denying his claim...

In re: Rodriguez

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Property Law & Real Estate
District court's affirmance of a Bankruptcy Court's determination that Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. (Countrywide) did not have a pre-petition claim...

Consolidation Coal Co. v. Benefits Review Bd.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
The Benefit Review Board's (Board) affirmance of an ALJ's decision and order that petitioner must pay an employee benefits under the Longshore and...

In re: Thomas Kane

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Family Law
District court's affirmance of the Bankruptcy Court's decision not to apply judicial estoppel to the entirety of a proof of claim filed by his...

Freeman v. Corzine

Constitutional Law, Government Law
In plaintiff's suit against the New Jersey's Director of Alcoholic Beverage Control, claiming that several aspects of New Jersey's Alcoholic Beverage...

In re: Pet Food Products Liability Litig.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a class action lawsuit on behalf of consumers in the United States and Canada who purchased, used or obtained, or whose pets consumed, wet pet food...

Rea v. Federated Investors

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit claiming that defendant violated 11 U.S.C. section 525(b) for refusing to hire him because he had previously declared bankruptcy,...

Santiago v. Warminster Township

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a town and three of its senior police officers, claiming that she suffered a hear attack after...

US v. Larkin

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Cyberspace Law, Evidence
District court's imposition of a statutory maximum sentence of 360 months, followed by a life term of supervised release, upon a defendant convicted...