United States Third Circuit - March 2017 Opinion Summaries

Revock v. Cowpet Bay West Condominium Ass'n

Property Law & Real Estate, Civil Rights
In civil rights actions filed under the Fair Housing Act (FHA), alleging allege violations of their right to a reasonable accommodation of their...

Im Re: Linear Electric Co., Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Construction
In a case concerning the relationship between the New Jersey Construction Lien Law and federal bankruptcy law, presenting the question of whether a...

James v. Global TelLink Corp.

Class Actions, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Communications Law
In a putative class action brought by plaintiffs who used defendant's prison phone services, alleging unconscionable service fees, the district...

Rarick v. Federated Serv. Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law, Contracts
In a civil case to determine the legal standard applicable in complaints that seek both declaratory and legal relief, the district court's order to...

US v. Repak

Evidence, Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a public corruption case, defendant's sentence and conviction of Hobbs Act extortion, in violation of 18 U.S.C. section 1951, and federal program...

In Re: Fosamax Products Liability Litig.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Drugs & Biotech, Product Liability
In consolidated personal-injury suits against a drug manufacturer, averring that the osteoporosis drug Fosamax caused plaintiffs to suffer serious...

Egan v. Delaware River Port Authority

Labor & Employment Law, Evidence
In a suit claiming that the Port Authority discriminated against plaintiff in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, 29 U.S.C....

Carvalho-Grevious v. Delaware State Univ.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII retaliation action against plaintiff's former employer, a university, the district court's grant of summary judgment to defendant is:...

Aliments Krispy Kernels Inc v. Nichols Farms

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Contracts
In a suit to enforce an arbitration award plaintiff received against the defendant in a contract dispute, the district court's denial of plaintiff's...

US v. Apple Macpro Computer

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law
In an appeal concerning the Government's ability to compel the decryption of digital devices when the Government seizes those devices pursuant to a...