United States Third Circuit - January 2012 Opinion Summaries

Haybarger v. Lawrence County Adult Probation and Parole

Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employee's suit under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the district court's summary judgment in favor of the employee's supervisor is...

Lee v. Glunt

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence
The district court's denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus is reversed and the case is remanded for further proceedings, where the district...

Allstate Property and Casualty Ins. Co. v. Squires

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an action by an insurance company seeking a declaratory judgment that it was not obligated to pay uninsured motorist benefits to a policyholder,...

Mabey Bridge & Shore, Inc. v. Schoch

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Construction, Government Contracts, Transportation
In a suit by a corporation engaged in the business of supplying temporary steel bridges for construction projects, seeking a declaration that the...

Long v. Tommy Hilfiger U.S.A. Inc.

Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law
In a putative class action against a men's clothing retailer alleging that its printing of “EXPIRY: 04/##” on a credit card receipt willfully violated...

Khan v. Dell Inc.

Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
On a motion to compel arbitration brought by a defendant computer manufacturer in a case alleging design defects brought as a putative consumer class...

Mars Home for Youth v. NLRB

Labor & Employment Law
In a case in which the operator of a residential services program for at-risk youth sought review of a National Labor Relations Board finding that its...

Totimeh v. Attorney General of the US

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of an order of the BIA dismissing petitioner's appeal of a removal order, petition is granted with the order vacated because...

Chehazeh v. Attorney General of the US

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court dismissing, for lack of jurisdiction, appellant's habeas petition and motion for a stay of removal...

Chandler v. Commissioner of Social Security

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
In an appeal from an order of remand by the district court following the appeal of an administrative denial of social security benefits, order is...