United States Third Circuit - August 2016 Opinion Summaries

Curry v. Yachera

Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit alleging malicious prosecution, false arrest and false prosecution, the District Court's dismissal of the complaint under Fed. Rule 12b(6)...

New York Shipping Association v. Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor

Labor & Employment Law, Administrative Law
In an appeal concerning the hiring practices and procedures utilized on the New York/New Jersey waterfront, the District Court's judgment in favor of...

Depolo v. Tredyffrin Township Bd. of Supervisors

Property Law & Real Estate, Administrative Law, Communications Law
In a dispute between a federally licensed amateur or 'ham' radio enthusiast and a Township, arising out of plaintiff's attempt to have the township's...

Black v. County of Montgomery

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a suit brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and state law alleging that various police and fire officials, as well as a county and township,...

Castro v. US Department of Homeland

Habeas Corpus, Immigration Law
In an action brought by twenty-eight families who filed habeas petitions to prevent, or at least postpone, their expedited removal from the US, after...

Rosenberg v. DVI Receivables XVII LLC

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In an appeal presenting a question of federal preemption law, in which defendants filed involuntary bankruptcy petitions against plaintiff's husband...

US v. Browne

Evidence, Cyberspace Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction for various child pornography offenses is affirmed where Facebook chat messages containing defendant's conversations with minors were...

Leonard v. Stemtech Int'l Inc.

Copyright, Remedies, Intellectual Property
In a copyright infringement action, arising after defendant, a nutritional supplements company, used plaintiff's photographs of stem cells on its...

Watson v. Rozum

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prisoner civil rights action, arising when a dispute over who broke plaintiff's radio escalated into a claim of retaliation for exercising First...

Dennis v. Penn. Dep't of Corrections

Habeas Corpus, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a habeas corpus action challenging petitioner's first-degree murder conviction, the district court's grant of the petition is affirmed where the...