United States Third Circuit - June 2011 Opinion Summaries

Wilkins v. United Health Group, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Health Law
In a qui tam action based on the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. section 3729, Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal by district court is affirmed where court...

Sarango v. Attorney General of the US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of an order of the BIA dismissing petitioner's appeal for retroactive consent to reapply for admission to the United States,...

US v. Orocio

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Immigration Law
In a challenge to a plea conviction for possession of a controlled substance, 21 U.S.C. section 844(a), on the ground of ineffective of counsel and...

Tristani v. Richman

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Government Benefits, Government Law, Remedies
In a dispute invovling whether state-imposed liens against future settlements or judgments to recoup Medicaid costs constitutes an exception to the...

Roth v. Norfalco LLC

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a tort action arising from severe burns suffered by plaintiff during an explosion while plaintiff was unloading a railway tank car filled with...

NLRB v. St.George Wharehouse, Inc.

Administrative Law, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In an appeal of an order awarding backpay to two former employees of the respondent who were terminated for unlawful, discriminatory reasons, the...

Lesher v. Law Offices of Mitchell N. Kay

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Debt Collection
In a dispute involving defendant's debt-collection practices, summary judgment in favor of plaintiff is affirmed where debt-collection letters...

Alli v. Decker

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Immigration Law, Remedies
In an action seeking a declaratory judgment that the continued detention of class members pursuant to 8 U.S.C. section 1226(c) and without bond...

Merck & Co., Inc v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Tax Law
In an action against the United States to recover taxes plaintiff alleges were incorrectly assessed, judgment of the district court in favor of the...

Pitts v. Delaware

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In an action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and state law alleging false arrest, illegal seizure, malicious prosecution, and deprivation of equal...