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  • United States v. Amos

    Publication Date: 2024-01-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Nygaard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Abigail E. Horn, Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, West Philadelphia, PA for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony J. Carissimi, Timothy M. Stengel, Robert A. Zauzmer, Office of United States Attorney, Philadelphia, PA for appellee.
    Case Number: 20-3298

    Although officers displayed authority by blocking defendant and commanding him to stop, no seizure occurred where defendant's momentary pause followed by running from the officers meant he never complied with the officers' authority, and his flight gave the officers reasonable suspicion to detain him. Conviction affirmed, judgment of sentence vacated and remanded for resentencing.

  • Xcoal Energy & Res. v. Bluestone Energy Sales Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-02
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Energy
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Nygaard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: D69904

    District court did not err in finding contract susceptible to multiple reasonable interpretations and in relying on extrinsic evidence to interpret the contract as placing a performance obligation on one of the parties or ruling that said party breached the agreement by not performing that obligation.