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B.C. v. Att’y Gen. U.S.
The Third Circuit vacated a District Court’s denial of the petitioner’s application for asylum. The petitioner was a native of Cameroon and primarily spoke “Pidgin” … Read more
Brown v. City of Oil City
An en banc panel of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court heard an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas granting summary judgment in … Read more
Commonwealth v. Campbell
The defendant was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and related offenses for his role in a 2013 building collapse that killed and injured multiple people at … Read more
Barsky v. Unemployment Comp. Bd. of Rev
Barsky sells diamonds on Jeweler’s Row in Philadelphia and won an appeal in the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, too. Barsky Diamonds (“Employer”) employed Barsky (“Claimant”) until … Read more
Ellis v. Westinghouse Elec. Co., LLC
Dates matter in bankruptcy proceedings. Ellis worked for Westinghouse. About two months after the New York Bankruptcy Court confirmed Westinghouse’s Chapter 11 plan of reorganization … Read more
United States v. Andrews
The defendant is serving a sentence, which is more than three centuries long for his role in 13 gunpoint robberies committed when he was 19 … Read more
Clews v. Cty. of Schuylkill
Three former Deputy Coroners sued their employer, the County of Schuylkill, claiming the County violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) by failing to pay … Read more
Ellison v. Am. Bd. of Orthopaedic Surgery
The Third Circuit didn’t buy a “damned if I do; damned if I don’t” argument. Ellison is an orthopedic surgeon practicing in California. He wanted … Read more
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On April 7, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania decided Spector … Read more
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