United States Third Circuit - September 2012 Opinion Summaries

ZF Meritor, LLC. v. Eaton Corp.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Remedies
In an antitrust action for allegedly anticompetitive practices in the heavy-duty truck transmissions market, the judgment of the district court is: 1)...

Copenhefer v. Horn

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In defendant's request for habeas relief from his murder-related convictions and sentence of death, the judgment of the district court is: 1) reversed...

Bistrian v. Levi

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an inmate's suit against multiple prison officials, claiming that defendants failed to protect him after other inmates discovered that the prison...

US v. Ware

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a consolidated appeal of two cases of defendants serving sentences for various offenses involving cocaine, each requesting reductions in their...

Garrus v. Sec'y of the Pennsylvania Dep't of Corr.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
District court's denial of defendant's request for habeas relief, challenging the state court's imposition of a sentence beyond the statutory maximum...

US v. Cunningham

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's conviction for the receipt and distribution of child pornography is vacated and remanded for a new trial where the district court abused...

US v. Craig

Asset Forfeiture, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a conviction of a defendant for wire fraud and failure to appear at trial, district court's denial of defendant's motion seeking interest on an...

US v. Maury

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Environmental Law
In a conviction of pipe foundry company and several of its employees for various crimes, including conspiring to commit a host of environmental...

Hanif v. Attorney General of the United States

Government Law, Immigration Law
A Guyanese citizen's petition for review of the BIA's determination finding him statutorily ineligible for relief from removal under 8 U.S.C. section...

Equal Emp't Opportunity Comm'n v. Kronos Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Judgement Enforcement
In an action to enforce an administrative subpoena issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), seeking to compel a nonparty to the...