2022 Third Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law
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Date: December 29, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1338
Date: December 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1044
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit in New Jersey state court against German citizens and New Jersey-based defendants, alleging one federal RICO claim and 120 state law claims. Defendant Straub removed the case to federal court with…
Date: December 27, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1268
Date: December 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2519
Date: December 16, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1594
Date: December 15, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1036
Date: December 15, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1568
Date: December 12, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1479
Date: December 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2608
Date: December 8, 2022
Docket Number: 20-3551
Justia Opinion Summary: Kwasnik was an estate-planning attorney who convinced clients to open irrevocable family trusts in order to avoid federal and state taxes and to ensure that they earned interest on the funds. Kwasnik named himself as a…
Date: December 8, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1105
Date: December 7, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1263
Date: December 7, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1519
Date: December 6, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2804
Date: December 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2322
Justia Opinion Summary: In each of these consolidated petitions for review, an alien’s initial counsel withdrew, and the alien represented himself at the merits hearing on his requests for relief from removal. After denying those requests and…
Date: November 30, 2022
Docket Number: 19-3812
Justia Opinion Summary: Convicted of wire fraud, for his scheme to defraud Gains Capital, Banks was sentenced to 104 months’ imprisonment. Banks made fraudulent deposits of $324,000 and unsuccessfully executed 70 withdrawals/transfers totaling…
Date: November 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2346
Justia Opinion Summary: Investigating drug trafficking based on the report of a confidential informant, the police entered the homes of both Alexander and his girlfriend, without search warrants. Officers entered Alexander’s home and secured…
Date: November 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2899
Justia Opinion Summary: Ascolese, a compliance officer, brought a False Claims Act (FCA) retaliation claim against his former employer, MBP, in connection with a qui tam action involving a federally-funded public housing construction project…
Date: November 30, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1462
Date: November 29, 2022
Docket Number: 16-1682
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2012, the DEA, the FBI, and the Chester Police Department initiated a joint investigation of a drug trafficking conspiracy (DTG) that employed confidential informants, controlled purchases of narcotics, surveillance,…
Date: November 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-3087
Justia Opinion Summary: A York, Pennsylvania woman told law enforcement that Dyer had attacked her with a handgun, trafficked women, and sold drugs from his house. They obtained a warrant to search Dyer’s home for “[f]irearms, illegal drugs,…
Date: November 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2310
Justia Opinion Summary: Clark, a JTVCC inmate, was treated for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder at the prison for at least 10 years, a fact of which the prison officials were aware. Despite having few disciplinary “points” on his record and…
Date: November 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2732
Justia Opinion Summary: In March 2020, New Jersey Governor Murphy responded to the spread of COVID-19; Executive Order 107 prohibited in-person gatherings and ordered New Jersey residents to “remain home or at their place of residence,” except…
Date: November 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2829
Date: November 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2630
Justia Opinion Summary: New Jersey permits candidates running in primary elections to include beside their name a slogan of up to six words to help distinguish them from others on the ballot but requires that candidates obtain consent from…
Date: November 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-3317
Justia Opinion Summary: Gonzalez-Aquino, a citizen of the Dominican Republic and a lawful U.S. permanent resident, has been convicted of burglary, escape, theft, trespass, and more. His most recent convictions, theft and conspiracy to commit…
Date: November 22, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1087
Date: November 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2369
Date: November 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2435
Date: November 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-3016
Date: November 16, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2835
Justia Opinion Summary: In 1995, Range pleaded guilty to making false statements about his income to obtain $2,458 of food stamp assistance in violation of Pennsylvania law, a conviction that was classified as a misdemeanor punishable by up to…
Date: November 9, 2022
Docket Numbers: 21-2655, 22-2027
Justia Opinion Summary: After completing a minimum sentence, Pennsylvania inmates are eligible to serve the rest of their sentence on parole. The decision to grant parole is discretionary. Most parolees first rely on halfway houses. Public…
Date: November 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2898
Justia Opinion Summary: The Adorers, an order of nuns whose religious beliefs require them “to protect and preserve Earth,” own property in Pennsylvania. When Transco notified them that it was designing a 42-inch diameter interstate gas…
Date: November 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2114
Justia Opinion Summary: Langley was arrested in connection with a Newark drug trafficking operation. Langley agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 28 grams or more of crack-cocaine, 21…
Date: November 3, 2022
Docket Number: 21-3143
Justia Opinion Summary: Angle served as the exclusive U.S. distribution agent for Jiangsu, a Chinese manufacturer..Jiangsu claims that, as of June 2018, Angle owed it $1.3 million. Under a June 2018 memorandum of understanding, Angle agreed to…
Date: November 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1592
Justia Opinion Summary: From 1986-1991, Weiss did not pay federal income taxes. In 1994, Weiss late-filed returns for those years, self-reporting a $299,202 liability. The IRS made tax assessments against him, triggering a 10-year limitations…
Date: October 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2590
Date: October 28, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2871
Date: October 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2883
Justia Opinion Summary: Liquid Labs manufactures and sells e-liquids that generally contain nicotine and flavoring for use in e-cigarettes. The e-liquids qualify as “new tobacco product[s]” under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco…
Date: October 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-3216
Justia Opinion Summary: Gussie was charged with fraud. Virgin Islands prosecutors later learned one of the grand jurors might have been a victim of Gussie’s scheme. The government obtained a superseding indictment from a new grand jury about a…
Date: October 13, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1768
Date: October 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1265
Justia Opinion Summary: In August 2009, Kennedy and his father were arrested by Philadelphia police during an armed home invasion. In October 2013, after numerous delays, they went on trial. Both were convicted. Kennedy was sentenced to 10-15…
Date: October 11, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2094
Justia Opinion Summary: Baghdad, a Moroccan citizen, has lived in the U.S. as a lawful permanent resident for two decades. In 2018, he and two accomplices ran out of a Pennsylvania store with three drills (worth about $1000) and sold them at a…
Date: October 5, 2022
Docket Number: 20-3569
Justia Opinion Summary: Warren tenders gasoline products to Colonial (a common carrier) for shipment on Colonial’s pipeline from Texas to New Jersey, where Warren has a gasoline-blending operation. The rates and conditions for the…
Date: October 5, 2022
Docket Numbers: 21-1421, 21-1422
Justia Opinion Summary: The Haistens sold discounted animal pesticides and drugs online from their South Carolina home. They operated in violation of multiple FDA and EPA regulations. They sold counterfeit DVDs of movies and television shows…
Date: October 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2866
Date: October 4, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1800
Date: September 30, 2022
Docket Number: 19-2775
Justia Opinion Summary: Guaranteed was a “reverse distributor,” paid by healthcare providers to return unused or expired pharmaceutical drugs to the drug manufacturers, for refunds for the healthcare-provider clients. Refunds were wired…
Date: September 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-3315
Justia Opinion Summary: Geist, seriously injured in an automobile accident, settled a claim against the driver and his insurer, which did not fully compensate her. Geist sought to recover underinsured motorist (UIM) benefits from State Farm…
Date: September 28, 2022
Docket Numbers: 21-2352, 21-2433
Justia Opinion Summary: NJBA, a non-profit trade association representing 88 New Jersey banks, sought to make independent expenditures and contributions to political parties and campaigns for state and local offices. NJBA has not made these…
Date: September 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1323
Date: September 28, 2022
Docket Number: 22-1650
Date: September 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2817
Justia Opinion Summary: De Castro, a citizen of the Dominican Republic came to the U.S. around 2002-2003. In 2012, he married a U.S. citizen. In 2014, his spouse’s Petition for Alien Relative was approved. The State Department notified De…
Date: September 26, 2022
Docket Number: 22-2029
Date: September 23, 2022
Docket Number: 20-3141
Date: September 23, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1162
Justia Opinion Summary: In New Jersey for a family party, Saint-Jean was driving home to Massachusetts with his uncle. Palisades Interstate Park Police stopped the vehicle for driving too slowly and for having tinted windows. In response to…
Date: September 20, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2220
Date: September 20, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2923
Justia Opinion Summary: A fire at the Barclay assisted living facility caused four residents’ deaths. Their estates sued Barclay and Johnson Controls, which maintained and monitored Barclay’s fire-suppression system. After Barclay and its…
Date: September 19, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1656
Justia Opinion Summary: Lutz received a Capital One credit card, made purchases, and obtained cash advances with the card. Under the credit card agreement, Lutz could make minimum installment payments with interest at an annual rate of up to…
Date: September 16, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2315
Justia Opinion Summary: The Delaware River Basin Commission banned high-volume hydraulic fracturing (fracking) within the Delaware River Basin, reflecting its determination that fracking “poses significant, immediate and long-term risks to the…
Date: September 15, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2747
Justia Opinion Summary: Canada, a Black man, worked for Grossi for 10 years. Canada suffered from back problems and claims that Grossi prevented him from accessing Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) forms and harassed him when he tried to use FMLA…
Date: September 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2259
Justia Opinion Summary: Freza, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, became a lawful permanent U.S. resident in 2004. In 2012, he was convicted of robbery, aggravated assault with a firearm, burglary, and possession of a weapon for an unlawful…
Date: September 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2289
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2007, Sovereign extended a $15 million line of credit to REMI to fund residential mortgage loans. Kaiser guaranteed REMI’s obligations. Sovereign and Kaiser agreed that any judgment entered against Kaiser would bear…
Date: September 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2296
Date: September 14, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1691
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2005, Bentley robbed a liquor store at gunpoint and was caught after a car chase. He confessed and was indicted for being a felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1), Hobbs Act robbery, and using and…
Date: September 14, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1874
Justia Opinion Summary: Uronis’ former co-worker, Messenger, filed a putative Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective action against Cabot and another company on behalf of himself and other employees similarly situated, alleging that the…
Date: September 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2080
Justia Opinion Summary: In the 1990s, Aldossari’s company, Trans Gulf, entered into an agreement in Saudi Arabia with three other businesses to establish and operate an oil refinery in Saint Lucia, a Caribbean island nation. Crude oil was to be…
Date: September 13, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2087
Justia Opinion Summary: Xylem, which sells large-capacity water pumps, requested that Field develop hardware to interface with the pumps and computer software for monitoring and controlling the equipment. A 2013 “NonDisclosure Agreement”…
Date: September 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1490
Justia Opinion Summary: Lopez, a citizen of El Salvador, entered the United States without authorization in 2001. In removal proceedings in 2009, he applied for relief under the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA).…
Date: September 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2093
Justia Opinion Summary: A class action claimed that BMW knowingly manufactured and sold vehicles equipped with defective engines and included 20 causes of action, including alleged breach of warranty under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, 15…
Date: September 9, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2496
Justia Opinion Summary: Maxus Trust, represented by White, sued YPF, represented by Sidley. Boelter, a partner at Sidley, participated in Sidley’s initial pitch to represent YPF, helped negotiate the engagement letter, worked on motions, was…
Date: September 8, 2022
Docket Number: 20-3478
Justia Opinion Summary: Under the 1982 Victim and Witness Protection Act (VWPA), a court sentencing a defendant convicted of certain crimes could order restitution 18 U.S.C. 3663(a)(1); a restitution order was “a lien in favor of the United…
Date: September 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2556
Date: September 7, 2022
Docket Number: 18-2258
Justia Opinion Summary: Barney’s wife got a restraining order against him and temporary custody of their son. She was subsequently found dead near their son’s daycare, her throat cut open. Barney was charged with murder. Barney had a rocky…
Date: September 7, 2022
Docket Number: 20-3496
Justia Opinion Summary: Peralta bought a house by an installment contract with the seller, Recon. He stopped making payments. Recon sued. To obtain a second chance, Peralta agreed that if he breached again, Recon could get a judgment for…
Date: September 7, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1885
Justia Opinion Summary: Johnson & Johnson's Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) is an investment option within its retirement savings plans. The ESOP invests solely in J&J stock, which declined in price following news reports accusing J&J of…
Date: September 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1506
Justia Opinion Summary: Clemens, then an employee, provided ExecuPharm with sensitive information, including her address, social security number, bank, and financial account numbers, insurance, and tax information, passport, and information…
Date: September 1, 2022
Docket Number: 19-2717
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2008, Shields was convicted of crack cocaine offenses. His PSR classified him as a career offender based on his 1995 Maryland conviction for robbery with a deadly weapon and his 2002 Maryland conviction for conspiracy…
Date: September 1, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2366
Date: September 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1219
Justia Opinion Summary: Norton, a 38-year-old Connecticut woman, communicated for several months with a 14-year-old Pennsylvania boy. Their communications became overtly sexual. Norton drove from Connecticut to Pennsylvania and met the minor in…
Date: September 1, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2438
Justia Opinion Summary: OneMain, a non-bank finance company, loaned Zirpoli $6,200.08, to be repaid at a rate of 26.91% (total $11,364.35). The loan was issued under the Consumer Discount Company Act (CDCA), a consumer protection statute, which…
Date: August 31, 2022
Docket Number: 21-3024
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2015, the Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment in favor of Guam taxpayers in their class action lawsuit against the territorial government. Guam had excessively withheld income taxes to support government spending.…
Date: August 30, 2022
Docket Numbers: 20-1732, 20-1731, 20-3191, 20-3316, 21-1429
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2008, Tiversa, a cybersecurity company, informed LabMD, a medical testing business, that it had found LabMD’s confidential patient information circulating in cyberspace and that it could help LabMD respond to the data…
Date: August 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1562
Justia Opinion Summary: A yacht owned by Raiders ran aground. Raiders had insured the vessel with GLI, which denied coverage stating the yacht’s fire-extinguishing equipment had not been timely recertified or inspected notwithstanding that the…
Date: August 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1830
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2014, Frein ambushed Pennsylvania State Troopers, killing one and injuring the other. Knowing he had used a .308-caliber rifle, police got a warrant to search the home that he shared with his parents and seize that…
Date: August 30, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2288
Justia Opinion Summary: PPG, a Pittsburgh company, developed a new kind of plastic for airplane windows, “Opticor™ A former PPG employee, Rukavina, agreed to share proprietary information concerning Opticor with TMG, a China-based…
Date: August 29, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1510
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2016, York County, Pennsylvania police officers conducted controlled cocaine buys from Brown, then obtained a search warrant for Brown’s apartment. Inside the apartment, they discovered Brown himself, cocaine, scales,…
Date: August 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1641
Justia Opinion Summary: Crosbie was hired by Gateway to help Highmark, a health insurance company, investigate fraud. While auditing Highmark’s network of doctors, Crosbie claims he discovered that some doctors had prior convictions for selling…
Date: August 25, 2022
Docket Number: 20-3002
Justia Opinion Summary: ESML filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Chippewa funded ESML’s exit from bankruptcy. The plan and confirmation order discharged all claims against ESML arising before the plan’s effective date and enjoined actions against…
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Numbers: 19-1848, 19-2904
Justia Opinion Summary: Vurimindi, a native of India, came to the U.S. on a work visa in 2000, and after marrying an American citizen, became a lawful permanent resident in 2008. Vurimindi’s erratic behavior toward his neighbors eventually led…
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1672
Justia Opinion Summary: The consumers had rental applications denied based on inaccurate consumer reports generated by a consumer reporting agency, RealPage, which would not correct the reports unless the consumers obtained proof of the error…
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2060
Justia Opinion Summary: The Clean Water Act empowers citizens to sue for violations of the Act, 33 U.S.C. 1365(a)(1); a citizen-suit plaintiff must “give[] notice of the alleged violation” to the “alleged violator,” and also to the U.S.…
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2149
Justia Opinion Summary: Kirtz obtained loans from the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (AES), a “public corporation” that makes, guarantees, and services student loans, and the USDA through the Rural Housing Service, which issues…
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2258
Justia Opinion Summary: Attorneys Blume, Cozen, and Madonia were involved in the sale to The Institutes of LLCs owned by the Shareholders. Blume also served on the board of directors and as General Counsel for one of the LLCs, assisting the…
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2263
Justia Opinion Summary: In its North Carolina bankruptcy proceedings, Bestwall wanted access to data owned by 10 trusts created to process asbestos-related claims against other companies. Bestwall was facing asbestos liability and wanted the…
Date: August 24, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2910
Date: August 18, 2022
Docket Number: 20-2999
Justia Opinion Summary: Granthon was shot dead on a Harrisburg, Pennsylvania street corner. A day earlier, Granton had purchased an ounce of crack cocaine from Burton. Granthon “was short a couple grams” and sought a refund. The evidence…
Date: August 18, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2852
Date: August 17, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2728
Justia Opinion Summary: Delaware and Hoboken, New Jersey each sued the oil companies in state court for state-law torts. By “produc[ing], marketing, and s[e]l[ling] fossil fuels,” they claimed, the oil companies worsened climate change. They…
Date: August 16, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1786
Justia Opinion Summary: The plaintiffs filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 challenging a Jersey City ordinance curtailing the ability of property owners and leaseholders to operate short-term rentals. The plaintiffs alleged that having passed an…
Date: August 16, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2203
Justia Opinion Summary: Popa browsed the website of Harriet Carter Gifts, added an item to her cart, but left the website without making a purchase. She later discovered that, unbeknownst to her, Harriet Carter’s third-party marketing service,…
Date: August 15, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2742
Justia Opinion Summary: R&C, run by two employees, entered an agreement to haul equipment for American Wind. The agreement’s arbitration clause provides: any claim, dispute or controversy including, but not limited to the interpretation of any…
Date: August 12, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1850
Justia Opinion Summary: Since 2004, Nichino has offered a trademarked pesticide, “CENTAUR.” Valent trademarked a competing product, “SENSTAR,” in 2019, with a similar logo. Both pesticides are used by farmers in the same geographic areas…
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number: 20-3111
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2016, Thompson was accepted a position as the Education Unit Supervisor for the Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth and their Families (DSCYF) with a one-year probationary period. Thompson’s…
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: 20-3425
Justia Opinion Summary: Bernstein and France are certified agents, registered with the NFL Players Association to represent NFL players in contract negotiations. Bernstein also owns Clarity, which represents professional athletes in matters…
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1350
Justia Opinion Summary: The Third Circuit consolidated district court cases claiming violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. 1681. Borrowers had student loans from various lenders and made payments on those loans until they were…
Date: August 8, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2112
Justia Opinion Summary: Messina filed suit, accusing Coello—who was dating Messina’s former boyfriend— of harassment. Coello pled not guilty and the charge was dismissed. Subsequently, private attorney Estabrooks requested an appointment to…
Date: August 5, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2990
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2192
Justia Opinion Summary: The Third Circuit vacated in part the order of the district court denying OptumRX's (Optum) motion to compel arbitration in the underlying action alleging breaches of contract and breaches of duties of good faith and…
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number: 20-1599
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was indicted for various child pornography offenses in February 2018. Defendant expressed his intention to represent himself and the district court permitted him to do so, but appointed the Federal Public…
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2227
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, a former scientist employed by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), pled guilty to a single count of conspiracy to steal trade secrets, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1832(a)(5) based on allegations he stole company documents.…
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number: 21-3036
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 19-3693
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Numbers: 20-3459, 20-3466
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, an emergency medical resident, began working for Crozer Chester Medical Center (“CCMC”). Plaintiff signed an at-will employment agreement with CMCC and an agreement to arbitrate with Prospect Health Access…
Date: July 28, 2022
Docket Number: 20-3466
Justia Opinion Summary: Crozer owns healthcare companies that operate as wholly owned subsidiaries: Prospect, employs professionals working at hospitals; CCMC, is a hospital and hired Abdurahman as an emergency medical resident. Abdurahman…
Date: July 27, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2592
Justia Opinion Summary: Shkembi, a citizen of Albania, attempted to enter this country by representing that he was a national of a country that is a participant in the Visa Waiver Program (VWP), 8 U.S.C. 1187, although Albania is not a VWP…
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 20-3463
Justia Opinion Summary: Manivannan asserts he is one of the leading materials scientists in the United States. He was hired by the federal Department of Energy (DOE) in 2005 and assigned to the National Energy Technology Laboratory. “Conflict…
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1683
Justia Opinion Summary: Fischer, a Pennsylvania resident and former FedEx security specialist, brought a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Fischer alleged FedEx misclassified…
Date: July 22, 2022
Docket Number: 21-1583
Justia Opinion Summary: The Bank Secrecy Act, 31 U.S.C. 5311, and its implementing regulations require certain individuals with foreign financial interests to file annual disclosures, subject to penalties. In 2008, Bedrosian filed an inaccurate…
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2434
Justia Opinion Summary: The then-president’s 2018 decision, following the resignation of Jeff Sessions, to rely on his authority under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, 5 U.S.C. 3345-3349d, to bypass the Department of Justice’s order of…
Date: July 21, 2022
Docket Number: 21-2702
Justia Opinion Summary: Attorney Avenatti rose to public prominence in 2018 by representing “Stormy Daniels,” with whom then-President Trump had allegedly had an extra-marital affair. His subsequent arrest received extensive media coverage,…
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