United States Third Circuit - May 2013 Opinion Summaries

In re: Asbestos Prod Liability Litigation

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In Asbestos Multidistrict Litigation cases, dismissal of the claims of twelve Plaintiffs for non-compliance with the district court's Administrative...

Guidotti v. Legal Helpers Debt Resolution

Banking Law, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
The district court's order denying defendants' motion to compel arbitration in putative class action in which plaintiff alleged that defendants...

Lupera-Espinoza v. Attorney General of the United States of America

Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
The Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) decision ordering petitioner deported is affirmed, where: 1) the BIA correctly held that petitioner was...

US v. Ciavarella

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Judges & Judiciary
Former state court judge's convictions and sentence for racketeering, honest services mail fraud, money laundering conspiracy, filing false tax...

Hart v. Electronic Arts, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Media Law, Sports Law, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law
Summary judgment for defendant on plaintiff's claim that defendant violated his right of publicity for using plaintiff's likeness and biographical...

In Re: Majestic Star Casino LLC

Bankruptcy Law, Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Tax Law
Summary judgment to debtors and certain of its subsidiaries and affiliates on their motion to avoid its controlling entity's termination of its status...

Cooper v. Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service

Civil Procedure, Tax Law
In consolidated appeals in which plaintiff-taxpayers seek redeterminations of their tax liability from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and tax...

Abraham v. St. Croix Renaissance Group

Class Actions, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The district court's order remanding a civil action to the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands is affirmed, where: 1) there is no error in the...

New Vista Nursing and Rehabilitation v. NLRB

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for nurses union against plaintiff on a charge of unfair labor practices, and subsequent orders affirming the same, are vacated,...

US v. Citgo Asphalt Refining Company

Admiralty, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In action by parties to apportion monetary liability for damages caused when a tanker stuck an abandoned ship resulting in an oil spill, judgment that...