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Bethany v. SEIU PA State Council
In Bethany v. SEIU PA State Council, the 3rd Circuit dealt with the United States Supreme Court’s fair-share ruling in Janus v. AFSCME Council 31, … Read more
United States v. Alexander
In United States v. Alexander, Appellant filed an interlocutory appeal from the District Court’s order denying various pretrial motions to dismiss the original and superseding … Read more
State v. C.W.H.
In State v. C.W.H., the Appellate Division confronted a problematic trial in which the defendant was convicted of sexually assaulting his young daughter decades after … Read more
Commonwealth v. Little
Little appealed the order denying his PCRA petition in which he alleged trial counsel was ineffective for failing to preserve an issue for direct appeal … Read more
United States v. Heatherly
The defendants frequented an internet chat room where users regularly shared child pornography. One user repeatedly live-streamed himself raping and sexually abusing his six-year-old nephew. … Read more
State v. Gideon
In State v. Gideon, a jury convicted the defendant of aggravated manslaughter and related charges. Five years later, the defendant filed a PCR petition and … Read more
State v. Tormasi
In State v. Tormasi, the Appellate Division weighed in on the legality of sentencing a 16-year-old defendant to a term of life imprisonment with parole … Read more
Doe v. Rutgers
In Doe v. Rutgers, a former student at the School of Business at Rutgers filed a request with the school for a multitude of records … Read more
Matthews v. Erie Ins. Grp.
The plaintiff in a motor-vehicle-accident case appealed from an order of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas that sustained the defendant’s preliminary objections because the … Read more
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On April 20, 2020, the Third Circuit filed an opinion … Read more
On April 7, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania decided Spector … Read more
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In Ragbir v. USA (bit.ly/38kXr3q), the Third Circuit Court of … Read more
In Pathri v. Kakarlamath (bit.ly/36ozlDk), the New Jersey Appellate Division recognized … Read more