United States Third Circuit - May 2011 Opinion Summaries

Malleus v. George

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Education Law
In a Section 1983 dispute alleging that the public disclosure of a report containing the outcome of a public school's investigations, and which...

Meyer v. CUNA Mutual Insurance Society

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Insurance Law
In a class-action dispute involving the proper interpretation of a credit disability insurance policy, judgment of the district court is affirmed in...

In Re: Application Chevron

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Environmental Law, International Law, Oil and Gas Law
In an application for an order compelling discovery for use in a foreign proceeding, 28 U.S.C. Section 1782, involving the attorney-client privilege...

State of New Jersey Treasury Dept. Div. of Investment v. Merrill Lynch & Co

Government Contracts, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Securities Law
In a dispute involving the appropriate interpretation of a forum selection clause, judgment of the district court is affirmed where forum selection...

New Jersey Environmental Federation v. US Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Health Law, Administrative Law, Public Utilities, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law
In a petition for review of three decisions of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) granting a license renewal, the determination of the Atomic...

Rountree v. Balicki

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing, Evidence
In a petition for habeas relief pursuant to the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, judgment of the district court denying petition is...

William A Graham Co. v. Haughey

Remedies, Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In a copyright infringement dispute involving defendant's surreptitious infringement of plaintiff's copyrights over the course of more than a decade,...

Evans v. Secretary Pennsylvania Dept. of Corrections

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a dispute arising from defendant's petition for habeas relief, judgment of the district court granting relief is reversed where court improperly...

US v. Amirnazmi

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence, Government Contracts, Government Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets, International Trade, Sanctions, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law
Conviction and sentencing of defendant for principally violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), 18 U.S.C. section 371, for...

Demandstein v. Attorney General of the US

Immigration Law
In a petition for review of a BIA order of removal, petition is denied where the record supports determination that petitioner, a native and citizen...