• Rowan v. Warden James T. Vaughn Corr. Ctr.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Shwartz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David R. Fine, K&L Gates, Harrisburg, PA for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew J. Vella, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellees.

    Case Number: 22-1298

    Failure to be expressly advised of continued no-contact order at second arraignment did not violate due process where the terms of the order explicitly stated that it remained in effect until changed/withdrawn or until the case ended.

  • United States v. Jordan

    Publication Date: 2023-12-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stacie M. Fahsel, Renee Pietropaolo, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Pittsburgh, PA for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert A. Zauzmer, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Philadelphia, PA for appellee.

    Case Number: 22-2153

    Defendant was correctly charged with committing a crime of violence where the armed bank robbery statute was divisible as it could be committed either intentionally/knowingly or recklessly and defendant was charged with "knowingly" taking money through force and jeopardizing others' lives through the use of a deadly weapon.

  • In re: Ursa Operating Co., LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-12-18
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Energy | Mining and Resources
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Porter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George A. Barton, Barton and Burrows LLC, Mission, KS for appellants.
    for defendant: Duston K. McFaul, Maegan Quejada, Sidley Austin LLP, Houston, TX; Robert S. Velevis, Sidley Austin LLP, Dallas, TX; Robert S. Brady, Edmon L. Morton, Kenneth J. Enos, Joseph M. Mulvihill, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP. Wilmington, Delaware; Ana Alfonso, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY; John H. Knight, Amanda R. Steele, Richards Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE for appellees.

    Case Number: 22-1729

    Wrongfully retained mineral royalties were not part of a debtor's estate where applicable state law granted lessors a property interest proceeds, meaning debtor had no equitable interest in the funds.

  • West v. Emig

    Publication Date: 2023-12-18
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Shwartz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-3205

    Prison officials were entitled to qualified immunity for removing mattress from cell of prisoner under psychological close observation to prevent the prisoner from using the mattress to harm himself or prevent monitoring.

  • United States v. Hunter

    Publication Date: 2023-12-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Restrepo
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Meaghan Flannery, Matthew T. Newcomer, Jennifer A. Williams, Office of United States Attorney, Philadelphia, PA for appellant.
    for defendant: Salvatore C. Adamo, Hellertown, PA for appellee.

    Case Number: 21-3316

    Conducting criminal history check during routine traffic stop was justified by promoting officer safety and the fact that the short duration of the check posed a minimal burden.

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  • United States v. Junius

    Publication Date: 2023-12-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joanne M. Heisey, Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Capital Habeas Unit, West Philadelphia, PA; Brett G. Sweitzer, Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA for appellants.
    for defendant: Bernadette A. McKeon, Robert A. Zauzmer, Office of United States Attorney, Philadelphia, PA for appellee.

    Case Number: 22-2208

    Defendants were ineligible for sentencing reductions under the First Step Act where the Fair Sentencing Act only reduced mandatory minimum sentencing thresholds for certain drug possession offenses, but did not affect sentencing for drug-related murder convictions even though such convictions required a predicate drug offense.

  • Sousa v. Amazon.com, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-27
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: E-Commerce | Retail
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-3043

    Discrimination and hostile work environment claims failed where plaintiff failed to plead sufficient facts supporting an inference that purportedly adverse employment actions were had a discriminatory or retaliatory motivation or that offensive behavior from a supervisor was severe or pervasive.

  • Quinn v. Avco Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-27
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: Aerospace | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Restrepo
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cynthia M. Devers, Devers Miska Law, Bala Cynwyd, PA for appellants.
    for defendant: Andrea S. Brooks, Wilks Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE; John S. Bagby, Jr., Bagby & Associates, LLC, Paoli, PA for appellee.

    Case Number: 22-1596

    District court correctly applied General Aviation Revitalization Act's statute of repose to product liability wrongful death claims, where federal regulations limited rebuilding and selling of aircraft parts to aviation manufacturers and thus claims arising from rebuilding of aircraft engine part were claims against a "manufacturer."

  • Stouffer v. Union R.R. Co.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Fuentes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark A. Grace, Cohen & Grace, Pittsburgh, PA; Sammy Y. Sugiura, Mooney Green Saindon Murphy & Welch, Washington, DC for appellant.
    for defendant: Courtney C. Brennan, Thomas M. Pohl, Mary-Jo Rebelo, Burns White, Pittsburgh, PA for appellees.

    Case Number: 22-1680

    District court correctly dismissed disparate impact age discrimination claim where complaint contained no specific factual allegations to demonstrate that company policies had a statistically significant impact on older workers.

  • United States v. Savage

    Publication Date: 2023-11-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Jordan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark A. Berman, Michele A. Smith, Hartmann Doherty Rosa Berman & Bulbulia, Hackensack, NJ; Thomas C. Egan, III, Norristown, PA; Susan M. Lin, Kairys Rudovsky Messing Feinberg & Lin, Philadelphia, PA; William R. Spade, Jr., Blowing Rock, NC for appellants.
    for defendant: John M. Gallagher, Office of United States Attorney, Allentown, PA; David E. Troyer, Robert Zauzmer, Office of United States Attorney, Philadelphia, PA for appellee.

    Case Number: 14-1493

    Defendants appealed their conviction and sentence on charges including murder, conspiracy to commit murder and RICO conspiracy and court found one defendant failed to show her attorney had a conflict of interest, trial court properly denied severance, inflammatory comments by gang ringleader were properly admitted and jury instruction on RICO conspiracy did not improperly amend the indictment. The court affirmed the District Court's judgment.