Category: 3rd Circuit

Chavez-Chalil v. Att’y Gen.

The Third Circuit denied Chavez-Chalil’s petition for review of the denial of her applications for asylum and withholding of removal. The Third Circuit denied the petition for two reasons. First,

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United States v. Vastardis

The Third Circuit returned to the high seas when it held that, though the defendant could not be convicted in a U.S. Court for crimes occurring in international water, the

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Fowler v. AT&T

The plaintiff sued her former employer for age and disability discrimination and alleged that the company failed to accommodate her disabilities. This District Court granted summary judgment, and the Third

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Noga v. Fulton Fin. Emp. Benefit Plan

The Third Circuit affirmed the District Court’s order that retroactively reinstated the plaintiff’s The Third Circuit held that an insurance company engaged in “procedural irregularities” when it used outside medical

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United States v. Johnson

Judge Matey aptly described this as the “Case of the False Praecipe”. The Third Circuit dipped a toe into the Cosby saga and vacated the defendant’s conviction for making false

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Dennis v. City of Philadelphia

The Third Circuit affirmed the District Court’s denial of a motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s Section 1983 claims. Defendant-appellants are police detectives who investigated Plaintiff for charges relating to the murder

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