United States Third Circuit - January 2013 Opinion Summaries

Association New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs v. Governor of the State of New Jersey

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law
Plaintiffs' motion to enjoin New Jersey statute that prohibits the purchase or sale of more than one handgun per person per month, including B-B and...

Mulholland v. The Government County of Berks

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Juvenile Law
District court properly found that defendant-county is not subject to municipal liability for alleged violations of plaintiffs' procedural and...

In re Diet Drugs

Class Actions, Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law
Plaintiffs' suit for injuries from primary pulmonary hypertension allegedly caused by defendants' diet drugs was properly enjoined by the district...

Connelly v. Steel Valley School District

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In 1983 action challenging defendant-school district's failure to fully credit plaintiff's out-of-state teaching experience in setting his salary,...

Zimmerman v. Norfolk Southern Corporation

Injury & Tort Law, Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Evidence
In negligence action against defendant-railroad, summary judgment for defendant is: 1) reversed on plaintiff's failure to warn claim where his...

Ethypharm SA France v. Abbott Laboratories

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech
In antitrust action, involving state and federal claims related to the drug Antara, summary judgment for defendant on plaintiff's federal claims is...

Johnson v. Folino

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence
District court's denial of habeas corpus petition, based on Brady violations by the prosecution, is reversed and remanded, where: 1) the proper...

PG Publishing Co. v. Aichele

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Media Law
In 1983 action challenging statute that restricted access to a polling place as an infringement on the media's First Amendment right to gather news,...

Jenkins v. Highland

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Dismissal of state prisoner-petitioner's habeas corpus petition is reversed where petitioner is: 1) eligible for statutory tolling of the...

US v. Diallo

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
In appeal of sentence for knowingly possessing 15 or more counterfeit credit cards with the intent to defraud, judgment of sentence is vacated and...