United States Third Circuit - January 2018 Opinion Summaries

Migliaro v. Fidelity National Indemnity Insurance Company

Civil Procedure, Insurance Law
Affirming the district court's order dismissing a suit as time-barred because a victim of Hurricane Sandy who filed a complaint in court almost two...

Bradley v. West Chester University of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education

Labor & Employment Law, Education Law, Constitutional Law
Affirming district court rulings dismissing the claims of a woman against a college where her contract was terminated after she raised concerns about...

United States of American v. MedCo Health Solutions

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Health Law
Affirming the dismissal of a case alleging kickbacks in association with a hemophilia home care company that the plaintiff simply failed to establish.

Williams v. Attorney General United States of America

Immigration Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Denying the petition for review of a determination that a Georgia forgery conviction results in an aggravated felony under the Immigration and...

US v. Wilson

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Affirming the imposition of a career-offender enhancement in the sentence of a man convicted of unarmed bank robbery because a conviction for bank...

Karns v. Parker

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Affirming the district court's grant of summary judgment to the defendant NJ transit officers in a case where evangelical preachers were arrested for...

In Re Philadelphia Entertainment and Development Partners, LP

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
Reversing a Bankruptcy Court order holding that the Rooker-Feldman doctrine barred its review of fraudulent transfer claims in a case involving the...

DiFiore v. CSL Behring, LLC.

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Consumer Protection Law
Affirming that a jury instruction relating to False Claims Act claims of retaliation requiring that protected activity be the 'but for' cause of...

Crystallex International Corp. v. Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A.

Debt Collection, International Trade, International Law
Concluding that a transfer by a non-debtor cannot be a 'fraudulent transfer' under the Delaware Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act in a complicated case...

Panico v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Debt Collection
Reversing a district court grant of summary judgment in the putative class action case of a plaintiff residing outside of Delaware that signed a...