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  • Zenith Ins. Co. v. Newell

    Publication Date: 2023-09-18
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Porter
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    Case Number: 21-1748

    Court lacked jurisdiction to hear insurer's appeal of district court order stating insurer had a duty to defend appellee under the policy because orders declaring the meaning of a contract were not enforceable by contempt unless district court explicitly so provided and district court's order was not final and did not direct insurer to undertake any defense or advance costs. Appeal dismissed.

  • United States v. Washington

    Publication Date: 2023-09-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Porter
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    Case Number: 21-3299

    Appellant moved for acquittal in his conviction for violating 18 U.S.C. §111 for assaulting and resisting an "officer of the United States" and court found the officers involved worked for a private security company hired to provide security for a social security office, government did not prove the officers were "assistants" for purposes of §1114 and appellant was entitled to a judgment of acquittal. Motion granted.

  • Med. Assocs. of Erie v. Zaycosky

    Publication Date: 2023-09-04
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Porter
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    Case Number: 22-1402

    Forum-selection clause requiring litigation of claims in state court was not a removal defect supporting award of fees and costs to non-removing party on motion for remand. Order of the district court vacated.

  • Cellco P'ship v. The White Deer Twp. Zoning Hearing Bd.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Telecommunications
    Industry: State and Local Government | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Porter
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    Case Number: 22-2392

    Municipality's denial of variance application to construct cell tower to fill in coverage gap violated the Telecommunications Act where provider had reasonably considered alternatives to fill in the coverage gap and other alternatives suggested by the municipal zoning board would substantially increase costs for the provider and "materially inhibit" its ability to compete in the market. Order of the district court affirmed.

  • United States v. United States Sugar Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Federal Government | Food and Beverage | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Porter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan S. Kanter, Doha Mekki, Maggie Goodlander, David B. Lawrence, Daniel E. Haar, Nikolai G. Levin, Peter M. Bozzo, Brian Hanna, Jonathan Y. Mincer, U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, Washington, DC for plaintiff-appellant.
    for defendant: Melissa Arbus Sherry, Amanda P. Reeves, Lindsey S. Champlin, David L. Johnson, Charles S. Dameron, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC; Lawrence E. Buterman, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY; Christopher S. Yates, Latham & Watkins LLP, San Francisco, CA; Jack B. Blumenfeld, Brian P. Egan, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Timothy G. Cameron, Peter T. Barbur, David R. Marriott, Daniel K. Zach, Michael K. Zaken, Lindsey J. Timlin, Hannah L. Dwyer, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY; Amanda L. Wait, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Washington, DC; Kelly E. Farnan, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Peter J. Schwingler, Stinson LLP, Minneapolis, MN; Daniel K. Hogan, Hogan McDaniel, Wilmington, DE for defendant-appellees.
    Case Number: 22-2806

    Rather than employ the hypothetical monopolist test analysis for determining product market under Section 7 of the Clayton Act, the Third Circuit affirmed the District Court's analysis using the actual market for refined sugar as the product market definition.

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  • United States v. Jumper

    Publication Date: 2023-07-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Porter
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    Case Number: 22-2085

    District court did not violate double jeopardy in issuing a criminal sentence to appellant after restitution was imposed on appellant in SEC's civil complaint and appellant pled guilty to DOJ's criminal charges and district court did not abuse its discretion when it denied appellant's request for a downward departure and variance in his sentence. Affirmed.

  • Stradford v. Sec'y Pennsylvania Dep't of Corr.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Porter
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    Case Number: 21-2655

    District court erred in granting summary judgment for appellee class representatives' action alleging DOC's policy for paroling sex offenders to halfway house unconstitutionally considered "community sensitivity" because appellees were not similarly situated with non-sex offender parolees and DOC's 13 factors that evaluated a parolee's fitness for placement in a halfway house related to the success of the halfway house system and was rationally related to a legitimate government interest. Reversed.

  • Williams v. Superintendent Mahoney SCI

    Publication Date: 2022-09-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Porter
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    Case Number: 22-1004

    District court properly denied defendant's habeas corpus petition because, under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, defendant could not develop facts to support his new merits claim in federal court and, on the state record, his trial counsel was not ineffective for arguing an alibi defense instead of self-defense. Affirmed.

  • United States v. Rodriguez

    Publication Date: 2022-08-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Porter
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    Case Number: 22-0850

    District court did not err in applying sentencing enhancements for being the organizer or leader and for maintaining a premises for the purposes of distributing controlled dangerous substances in sentencing appellant for conspiracy to distribute and possess heroin and possession with intent to distribute heroin and methamphetamine. Affirmed.

  • Amalgamated Transit Union Local 85 v. Port Auth. of Allegheny County

    Publication Date: 2022-07-25
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Porter
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    Case Number: 22-0828

    Public employer's prohibition on face coverings displaying political or social-interest messaging violated employees' First Amendment rights where employer was not entitled to restrict employees' speech and where employer had failed to show that the policy was sufficiently tailored to prevent potential disruptions to operations. Order of the district court affirmed.