| Description | Date | Docket # |
|---|---|---|
Hayes v. HarveyUnited States Third Circuit
Government Benefits, Property Law & Real Estate, Landlord Tenant Law
Reinstated a lawsuit brought by a family receiving governmental housing assistance seeking to enjoin their landlord from evicting them. The landlord...
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08/31/2018 | 16-2692 |
US v. ClarkUnited States Third Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure
Affirmed the suppression of evidence on the ground that a police officer impermissibly extended a traffic stop. The defendant vehicle passenger, who...
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08/30/2018 | 17-2739 |
Cup v. Ampco Pittsburgh Corp.United States Third Circuit
Labor & Employment Law, Health Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Held that a company could not be compelled to arbitrate a dispute over retiree healthcare benefits. The manufacturing company argued that the dispute...
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08/29/2018 | 17-2349 |
Conard v. Pennsylvania State PoliceUnited States Third Circuit
Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Reinstated a former 911 dispatcher's claim that her former supervisors gave false, defamatory job references to her prospective employers to retaliate...
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08/28/2018 | 16-3346 |
Geness v. CoxUnited States Third Circuit
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Held that a man with mental retardation who was detained for nearly a decade awaiting trial could amend his civil rights complaint against the...
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08/28/2018 | 17-2073 |
Tanksley v. DanielsUnited States Third Circuit
Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
Affirmed the dismissal of a TV producer's complaint alleging that the popular Fox Television series Empire infringed his copyright in a television...
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08/28/2018 | 17-2023 |
Lifewatch Services Inc. v. Highmark Inc.United States Third Circuit
Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Health Law, Drugs & Biotech
Reinstated a medical device seller's claim that certain Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance companies violated antitrust law by unreasonably...
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08/28/2018 | 17-1990 |
Mitchell v. Superintendent Dallas SCIUnited States Third Circuit
Habeas Corpus, Criminal Law & Procedure
Affirmed the denial of habeas corpus relief to a state prisoner who claimed that his rights under the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment were...
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08/23/2018 | 17-3118 |
US v. MayoUnited States Third Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Held that a prisoner was entitled to habeas relief in the wake of the Supreme Court's 2015 decision invalidating a provision of the Armed Career...
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08/22/2018 | 16-4282 |
Encompass Insurance Co. v. Stone Mansion Restaurant Inc.United States Third Circuit
Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Held that an automobile insurance company that settled claims against a driver arising out of a car crash could bring a contribution suit against a...
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08/22/2018 | 17-1479 |