In these consolidated appeals from prisoners’ civil rights actions, a magistrate judge dismissed the plaintiffs’ complaints before the defendants consented to the magistrate’s jurisdiction. The Third Circuit vacated the dismissal
When the plaintiff visited her mentally ill son, a state psychiatrist and nurse left her alone. The staff was supposed to supervise all patient meetings. And the plaintiff’s son had
The Third Circuit ruled that applying Pennsylvania usury laws to an out-of-state lender does not violate the dormant Commerce Clause. The plaintiff issues automobile loans with interest rates as high
The Third Circuit reviewed the one-year tolling provision for petitions seeking collateral relief from state-court convictions under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(2). The petitioner was convicted of a crime in New
The Third Circuit issued a procedural opinion granting the petitioner’s appeal under Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(f), which permits an appellate court to hear an appeal from an order granting
After a long-standing business relationship soured, the ensuing litigation went big. For years, a vendor provided food services at a private university, but in 2014 the university announced that it
The Third Circuit reversed the District Court’s award of summary judgment to the Government. Jaffal filed an N-600 Application for Certificate of Citizenship, seeking derivative U.S. citizenship through his father.
In this international collections action, the Third Circuit ruled that the District Court did not reach a final decision under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and thus the appellate court did
The Third Circuit ruled that the National Labor Relations Board overreached and acted punitively. The General Counsel issued a complaint alleging that East Brunswick European Wax Center (“EBEWC”) violated Section
The plaintiffs sued their daughter’s college under Title IX after the daughter’s boyfriend murdered her in her dorm room. The college maintained a Title IX Policy, which defined sexual misconduct
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