United States Third Circuit - October 2017 Opinion Summaries

In Re Pursuit Capital Management, LLC.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
Affirming the district court's dismissal as moot a claim filed challenging a bankruptcy trustee's ability to sell certain property because the...

Collins v. Mary Kay, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts
Affirming the dismissal of a New Jersey case under forum non conveniens grounds because the plaintiff and the defendant Mary Kay Cosmetics had a...

In re Bressman

Judges & Judiciary, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Ethics & Disciplinary Code
In an ethics case, the bankruptcy court's order to vacate a default judgment against the debtor after finding that plaintiffs' attorney, Max...

Cottrell v. Alcon Laboratories

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech
In a consumer protection class action, alleging that various defendants' prescription eye drop medications come with a bottle dropper tip that...

Hayes v. Harvey

Property Law & Real Estate, Landlord Tenant Law, Government Benefits
In a landlord tenant action, concerning the enhanced voucher provision of the United States Housing Act of 1937, the district court's grant of...

Zimmerman v. Corbett

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action, alleging malicious prosecution by the defendants, former Pennsylvania state officials, who brought criminal...

U.S. Dept. of Labor v. Am. Future Systems, Inc.

Labor & Employment Law, Administrative Law
In a labor law action, arising from defendant's failure to pay its workers for short rest breaks, the court held that the Fair Labor Standards Act...

Trotter v. 7R Holdings LLC

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
Affirming a district court order dismissing a maritime case involving an injury that took place on a boat registered in the British Virgin Islands for...

H.E., Individually and on behalf of H.F. v. Walter D. Palmer Leadership Learning Partners Charter School

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Attorney's Fees
Reversing the district court's denial of attorney's fees to parents who brought suit under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act because the...

McGann v. Cinemark USA, Inc.

Constitutional Law
Vacating and remanding a judgment by the trial court that held that a movie theater could not be made to provide blind and deaf patrons with a tactile...