United States Third Circuit - October 2016 Opinion Summaries

In re: Grand Jury Matter #3

Evidence, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action brought by the subject of an ongoing grand jury investigation into an allegedly fraudulent business scheme, appealing the District...

US v. Elonis

Criminal Law & Procedure
On remand from the U.S. Supreme Court, which reversed a conviction of violating 18 U.S.C. section 875(c), which prohibits transmitting in interstate...

South Jersey Sanitation Co Inc v. Applied Underwriters Captive Risk Assurance Co., Inc.

Insurance Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Contracts
In a contract-based dispute, the District Court's denial of defendant's motion to compel arbitration is reversed where: 1) plaintiff's purported...

Marshall v. Commissioner Pennsylvania Dep't of Corr.

Habeas Corpus, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a petition for writ of habeas corpus relief, the appeal is denied where petitioner's notice of appeal has not ripened, even though the District...

Zaloga v. Borough of Moosic

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a section 1983 suit against several county entities and individuals, alleging various constitutional violations, including defendant's retaliation...

Hargus v. Ferocious and Impetuous, LLC

Injury & Tort Law, Admiralty
In a negligence action against the owner and captain of a chartered vessel, for injuries plaintiff sustained while aboard the boat, the District...

US v. Bailey

Criminal Law & Procedure
Convictions of f conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin within 1,000 feet of a public housing complex, 21 U.S.C....

Mack v. Warden Loretto FCI

Criminal Law & Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a pro se lawsuit brought by a Muslim inmate who claims that he was terminated from his paid work assignment for complaining to a prison official...

Smiley v. EI DuPont de Nemours & Co.

Labor & Employment Law, Class Actions
In a putative collective action and class action brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) against DuPont, seeking overtime compensation for...

Singh v. Attorney General US

Immigration Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an immigration case concerning whether petitioner's conviction under 35 P.S. section 780-113(a)(30) was an aggravated felony under the Immigration...