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  • U.S.A. v. Mayo

    Publication Date: 2018-09-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Jordan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-1047

    District court erred in rejecting appellant's Johnson v. U.S., 135 S.Ct. 2551 claim and in denying his motion to correct his sentence because appellant's conviction under 19 Pa.C.S. §2702(a)(1) did not necessarily involve the element of physical force required by Armed Career Criminal Act's elements clause. Vacated and remanded.

  • Commonwealth v. Knox

    Publication Date: 2018-09-04
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Saylor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-1055

    The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution allowed for the imposition of criminal liability upon the defendant based upon his publication of a rap music video containing threatening lyrics. The high court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.

  • In the Interest of Y.F.

    Publication Date: 2018-09-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Carbon
    Judge: Judge Nanovic
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-1005

    In this juvenile court proceeding, the commonwealth's affidavit of probable cause put the juvenile on notice regarding accomplice liability, and the evidence was sufficient to show the juvenile acted in concert with another in connection with an assault.

  • In re: KCG

    Publication Date: 2018-09-04
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming
    Judge: Judge Reynolds McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0995

    Mother and her husband established, by clear and convincing evidence, that father had a settled purpose of relinquishing his parental claim to his daughter and refused or failed to perform his parental duties for a period greater than six months, warranting involuntary termination of his parental rights. The court granted mother's petition seeking to terminate father's parental rights.

  • Kane v. Barger

    Publication Date: 2018-09-04
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Constitutional Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Fuentes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-1052

    Summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds reversed where police officer committed acts upon purported sexual assault victim that themselves could constitute indecent assault under state criminal law, and therefore constituted violation of a clearly established right. Summary judgment reversed, case remanded.

  • Waters v. Waters

    Publication Date: 2018-09-04
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Middle
    Judge: District Judge Kane
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-1043

    Defendants, divorcing wife and attorneys, moved to dismiss plaintiff husband's §1983 civil rights claims asserting deprivation of his due pro-cess and equal protection rights by using an emergency petition for special relief to interfere with his rights in a partnership business he owned with wife and court found that it lacked jurisdiction over any injury caused by the state court judgment and plaintiff's complaint was against private parties and did not allege state action. Motion granted.

  • SBB v. JEB-S

    Publication Date: 2018-09-04
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming
    Judge: Judge McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0997

    The court denied father's motion to modify a custody order to allow the child to change school districts, because the court found the child was performing satisfactorily in her current district and she had already had an individualized educational plan in place there.

  • Encompass Ins. Co. v. Stone Mansion Rest. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-09-04
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Chagares
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-1044

    District court correctly denied remand in case where insurer of allegedly drunk driver sought contribution from restaurant that served him and restaurant removed the case to federal court but district court erred in holding that insurer was not in the class of parties protected by the dram shop law because insurer actually sought contribution under the Uniform Contribution Among Tort-Feasors Act. Affirmed in part and reversed in part.

  • Dodson v. Coatesville Hosp. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2018-09-04
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Baylson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 18-1050

    Summary judgment dismissal on association disability discrimination claim granted where plaintiff's evidence failed to establish prima facie case that she was terminated for reasons other than the poor financial condition of plaintiff's employer and her department. Defendant's motion for summary judgment granted.

  • In re: ARH

    Publication Date: 2018-09-04
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming
    Judge: Judge Anderson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0993

    Mother and her paramour satisfied their burden of establishing, by clear and convincing evidence, that father had a settled purpose of relinquishing parental claim to his daughter and refused or failed to perform parental duties for a period greater than six months. The court granted mother's petition to terminate father's parental rights.