2024 Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Case Law
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Date: December 27, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1953
Justia Opinion Summary: Two Starbucks employees, Echo Nowakowska and Tristan Bussiere, were terminated after engaging in labor organizing activities. Starbucks claimed the terminations were due to policy violations and poor performance.…
Date: December 24, 2024
Docket Number: 21-1246
Justia Opinion Summary: In May 2017, Jorge Rivera-Guadalupe was living in a rooming house in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. After being mugged, his friend Christopher Valkosak stayed with him. The next night, Valkosak was shot by a man in a black…
Date: December 24, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1792
Justia Opinion Summary: Jorge Rivera-Guadalupe was living in a rooming house in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, when he was mugged and robbed. His friend, Christopher Valkosak, came to stay with him for protection. The next evening, Valkosak was shot…
Date: December 23, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1899
Justia Opinion Summary: Nahsiem McIntosh was involved in a burglary at a sporting goods store in Newark, Delaware, where he and a co-defendant stole various firearms, including an AR-15-style weapon. The next day, McIntosh was apprehended by…
Date: December 20, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2865
Date: December 20, 2024
Docket Number: 23-3092
Justia Opinion Summary: Angela Reading, a mother and former school board member, alleged that federal and local government officials violated her First Amendment rights by censoring and retaliating against her after she posted comments on…
Date: December 20, 2024
Docket Number: 24-1179
Date: December 19, 2024
Docket Number: 24-1046
Justia Opinion Summary: East Penn Manufacturing Company, Inc. (East Penn) did not fully compensate its workers for the time spent changing into uniforms and showering after shifts, which was required due to the hazardous nature of their work…
Date: December 19, 2024
Docket Number: 24-1196
Date: December 18, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2963
Justia Opinion Summary: Henry Washington, a state prisoner, alleged that prison guard T.S. Oswald sexually assaulted him twice, once in 2013 and again in 2015. During the first incident, Washington claimed that Oswald and another guard…
Date: December 18, 2024
Docket Number: 23-3108
Date: December 18, 2024
Docket Number: 24-1392
Date: December 18, 2024
Docket Number: 24-2570
Date: December 16, 2024
Docket Number: 18-2297
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves the Pennsylvania Professional Liability Joint Underwriting Association (JUA), which was established by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania nearly fifty years ago to address a…
Date: December 13, 2024
Docket Number: 24-1680
Date: December 12, 2024
Docket Number: 24-3124
Date: December 10, 2024
Docket Number: 24-1354
Date: December 9, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1946
Justia Opinion Summary: In April 2020, a nursing home decided to pay its employees bonuses in recognition of their efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. These bonuses were temporary salary increases, which were gradually reduced over the next…
Date: December 9, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1996
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2021, New Jersey enacted the Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act (CREAMMA), which prohibits employers from refusing to hire job applicants based on cannabis use. In 2022, a…
Date: December 9, 2024
Docket Number: 24-1449
Date: December 9, 2024
Docket Number: 24-2513
Date: December 5, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2902
Date: December 5, 2024
Docket Number: 24-1071
Date: December 5, 2024
Docket Number: 24-1096
Date: November 27, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2763
Date: November 26, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2543
Date: November 20, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1827
Justia Opinion Summary: Jose Soto was convicted by a jury of conspiracy to commit bank robbery, two counts of bank robbery, and two counts of using and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence. At sentencing, the District Court set his…
Date: November 20, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2276
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, Robert Z. Maigetter and Barbara J. Berot jointly owned a co-op apartment in Washington, D.C., which Berot's son, Alexis Kyriakopoulos, used. After Berot was diagnosed with terminal cancer, she and Maigetter…
Date: November 15, 2024
Docket Number: 24-2283
Date: November 13, 2024
Docket Number: 24-1155
Date: November 12, 2024
Docket Number: 24-1007
Justia Opinion Summary: Donna Glaesener, a black woman, has worked at the Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation for nearly thirty years. In April 2018, she complained to the human-resources department about a lack of diversity and alleged…
Date: November 12, 2024
Docket Number: 24-1089
Date: November 8, 2024
Docket Number: 23-3263
Date: November 7, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2178
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, Bayer U.S. LLC, a pharmaceutical company, recalled millions of dollars’ worth of Lotrimin and Tinactin spray products in October 2021 after discovering benzene contamination in products dating back to 2018.…
Date: November 6, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1170
Justia Opinion Summary: Hertz Corporation and its affiliates filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in May 2020 due to financial difficulties exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite initial bleak prospects, Hertz's financial situation…
Date: November 6, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1707
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the appellants, DeAndre Jackson and Quintel Martins, challenged the denial of their motions to suppress evidence obtained during a traffic stop. The incident occurred around 1:10 AM on October 2, 2019, when…
Date: November 5, 2024
Docket Number: 22-1793
Date: November 5, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2799
Date: November 4, 2024
Docket Number: 24-1099
Date: November 4, 2024
Docket Number: 24-1142
Date: November 1, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1904
Justia Opinion Summary: Daniel Rutherford sought a reduction of his 42.5-year sentence for two armed robberies, arguing that he is eligible for compassionate release due to changes in sentencing laws under the First Step Act. This Act, among…
Date: October 30, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2169
Justia Opinion Summary: Kay Ellison, co-founder of a charter airline, was convicted of federal wire fraud, bank fraud, and conspiracy. The airline, Direct Air, faced cash flow issues and Ellison siphoned millions from an escrow account through…
Date: October 30, 2024
Docket Number: 24-1183
Date: October 29, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1425
Date: October 29, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1782
Justia Opinion Summary: Several contractors and an employee, who regularly handle public works projects for PennDOT and SEPTA, challenged Philadelphia's requirement for project labor agreements (PLAs) on public projects. These PLAs mandated…
Date: October 28, 2024
Docket Number: 24-1262
Date: October 24, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2944
Justia Opinion Summary: Eric Gilbert filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, listing his interest in retirement accounts worth approximately $1.7 million. The issue was whether these accounts could be accessed by creditors due to alleged violations of…
Date: October 23, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1277
Date: October 18, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1389
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves James Peperno, Jr., who was found guilty by a jury of nine counts of conspiracy to commit bribery and wire fraud, among other related charges. Peperno devised a scheme to solicit bribes from Walter…
Date: October 17, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2953
Justia Opinion Summary: Meghan Young was denied a mortgage loan due to an erroneous credit report prepared by Experian Information Solutions, Inc. The report falsely indicated that foreclosure proceedings had been initiated against her, despite…
Date: October 16, 2024
Docket Number: 24-1645
Date: October 15, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1859
Justia Opinion Summary: Two employees of a publicly traded company raised concerns internally that the company had overstated its earnings by not accounting for slower-than-expected drilling speeds. Subsequently, an article in The Wall Street…
Date: October 11, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1289
Date: October 11, 2024
Docket Number: 23-3074
Justia Opinion Summary: Ephriam Rodriquez, a bus operator, was terminated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) after accumulating excessive negative attendance points under his union’s Collective Bargaining…
Date: October 7, 2024
Docket Number: 21-2639
Justia Opinion Summary: William Valentin, along with four other men, robbed a jewelry store in New Jersey, during which Valentin pointed a loaded gun at a store employee. The robbers stole nearly $900,000 in jewelry and left behind substantial…
Date: October 3, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2723
Date: October 3, 2024
Docket Number: 24-1102
Justia Opinion Summary: Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc. (GOH) engaged in a scheme to underpay its employees by misappropriating fringe benefits owed under the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act (PWA) and the Davis-Bacon Act (DBA). This led to two…
Date: October 2, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2480
Date: October 1, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1797
Date: October 1, 2024
Docket Number: 24-1104
Date: September 30, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1240
Justia Opinion Summary: A criminal defendant, convicted of aggravated manslaughter and sentenced to thirty years in prison, twice instructed his attorney to file a plenary appeal. However, his intake appellate counsel designated the appeal for…
Date: September 27, 2024
Docket Number: 22-3268
Justia Opinion Summary: William Webb, an inmate at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center (JTVCC) in Delaware, sued prison officials for failing to schedule court-ordered visits with his daughter. A Delaware family court had granted Webb…
Date: September 27, 2024
Docket Number: 24-1233
Date: September 26, 2024
Docket Number: 24-1420
Date: September 26, 2024
Docket Number: 24-1420
Date: September 25, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2420
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs Marla Knudsen and William Dutra, representing a class of similarly situated individuals, filed a class action lawsuit under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) against MetLife Group, Inc. They…
Date: September 25, 2024
Docket Number: 24-1420
Justia Opinion Summary: Two commercial fishermen, Raymond Lofstad and Gus Lovgren, challenged the constitutionality of the appointment process for members of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council. The Council, which oversees fisheries…
Date: September 24, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1774
Date: September 20, 2024
Docket Number: 20-2431
Date: September 20, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2399
Justia Opinion Summary: Roy Lee Williams, a death-row inmate with a history of mental illness, was held in solitary confinement for twenty-six years. Williams filed a lawsuit claiming that his prolonged solitary confinement without penological…
Date: September 20, 2024
Docket Number: 22-3412
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves hundreds of plaintiffs who allege that they were injured by the drug Fosamax, manufactured by Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. (Merck), due to inadequate warnings about the risk of atypical femoral fractures.…
Date: September 20, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2631
Date: September 20, 2024
Docket Number: 23-3158
Date: September 19, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2179
Date: September 18, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2637
Justia Opinion Summary: Raymond Zaborowski, a U.S. Army veteran suffering from anxiety and PTSD, applied for Social Security disability benefits, claiming his conditions have prevented him from working since 2014. An administrative law judge…
Date: September 18, 2024
Docket Number: 24-1231
Date: September 17, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1892
Date: September 16, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1583
Justia Opinion Summary: United Scrap Metal PA, LLC (USM) was found by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to have engaged in unfair labor practices during a union organizing campaign. Specifically, USM unlawfully changed employees’ work…
Date: September 16, 2024
Docket Number: 23-3229
Date: September 16, 2024
Docket Number: 23-3239
Date: September 13, 2024
Docket Number: 23-3071
Date: September 12, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2872
Date: September 10, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1169
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves the Hertz Corporation and its affiliates, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in May 2020 due to financial difficulties exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Hertz emerged from bankruptcy a…
Date: September 9, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2841
Date: September 6, 2024
Docket Number: 20-1013
Justia Opinion Summary: Quintez Talley, an incarcerated individual, sought in forma pauperis (IFP) status to appeal without prepaying filing fees. The appellees argued that the "three strikes" provision of the Prison Litigation Reform Act…
Date: September 6, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2628
Date: September 6, 2024
Docket Number: 23-3127
Date: September 5, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1822
Justia Opinion Summary: Levi Werley was seriously injured while riding an uninsured dirt bike. After the insurance of the driver who struck him did not fully compensate for his injuries, Levi’s parents sought underinsured motorist (UIM)…
Date: September 5, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2535
Justia Opinion Summary: In two separate class actions, Kenneth Hasson and Jordan Schnur alleged that FullStory, Inc. and Papa John’s International, Inc. unlawfully wiretapped their online communications using FullStory’s Session Replay Code.…
Date: September 4, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1747
Justia Opinion Summary: Andrew Morgan, a millwright laborer, was employed by Allison Crane & Rigging LLC until his termination on November 18, 2020. Morgan injured his lower back on September 29, 2020, and was diagnosed with a bulged or…
Date: September 3, 2024
Docket Number: 22-1756
Justia Opinion Summary: Michael Hughes and Nashadeem Henderson committed two armed robberies in 2016. In the first incident, they robbed a drug dealer, with Hughes pulling a gun and demanding drugs and cash. When the dealer resisted, Henderson…
Date: September 3, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1487
Justia Opinion Summary: Dyax Corporation performed research for Ares Trading S.A. and licensed patents to Ares, including some held by Cambridge Antibody Technology (CAT Patents). Ares used Dyax’s research to develop a cancer drug, Bavencio,…
Date: August 30, 2024
Docket Number: 22-1461
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs Tommy Coleman and Jason Perkins, who worked as oil and gas pipeline inspectors for System One Holdings, LLC, were paid a flat daily rate without overtime compensation, even when working over forty hours a…
Date: August 30, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1100
Date: August 30, 2024
Docket Number: 23-3195
Date: August 29, 2024
Docket Number: 22-3333
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2020, Christopher Lamont Stimpson, Jr. contacted Benuel Stoltzfus, an Amish man in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to purchase five French bulldog puppies for $23,500. On the day of the sale, Stimpson and his…
Date: August 29, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1987
Justia Opinion Summary: Judith Maureen Henry was mistakenly arrested on a warrant intended for another woman with the same name who had skipped parole in Pennsylvania. The warrant included Henry's home address and driver’s license photo. Henry…
Date: August 27, 2024
Docket Number: 20-2051
Justia Opinion Summary: Gary Lall, born in Trinidad and Tobago, applied for a Certificate of Citizenship in 1990 through his adoptive parents, who were naturalized U.S. citizens. The government erroneously approved his application after he…
Date: August 27, 2024
Docket Number: 22-3061
Justia Opinion Summary: A ten-year-old girl named Nylah Anderson died after attempting the "Blackout Challenge," a dangerous activity promoted in a video recommended to her by TikTok's algorithm. Her mother, Tawainna Anderson, sued TikTok and…
Date: August 27, 2024
Docket Number: 22-3076
Justia Opinion Summary: Fernando Nunez, Jr., an inmate in Pennsylvania, filed a lawsuit against officials of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA). Nunez, a…
Date: August 27, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1413
Justia Opinion Summary: A man was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death for the killing of a police officer. The incident occurred during a traffic stop, where the officer was shot multiple times. The defendant was apprehended…
Date: August 27, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2476
Justia Opinion Summary: Cornelius Green, a member of the Infamous Ryders motorcycle club, was involved in an incident where Ishmael Snowell, who had declined membership in the club, was allegedly kidnapped. Green, along with co-defendant…
Date: August 26, 2024
Docket Number: 24-1162
Date: August 23, 2024
Docket Number: 18-9002
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2001, the Commonwealth charged Robert Gene Rega with first-degree murder and other crimes for shooting a security guard, Christopher Lauth, during a robbery at the Gateway Lodge in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.…
Date: August 22, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1573
Date: August 22, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1939
Justia Opinion Summary: A Philadelphia police officer stopped Sunny Sok for making an illegal right turn. During the stop, the officer discovered that Sok's vehicle had an expired registration and mistakenly believed there was an active arrest…
Date: August 22, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2606
Date: August 22, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2797
Date: August 21, 2024
Docket Number: 22-1970
Justia Opinion Summary: Joseph Johnson was convicted of making a false statement and aggravated identity theft after he used a lawyer’s signature without consent to file an exhibit in federal court. This exhibit accused a plaintiff in a…
Date: August 21, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1103
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2016, John O. Kalu, an inmate at FCI Allenwood, alleged that he was sexually assaulted on three separate occasions by Lieutenant K. Middernatch. Kalu reported the first two incidents to Warden Spaulding, who responded…
Date: August 21, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2594
Date: August 20, 2024
Docket Number: 24-1721
Date: August 19, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1754
Date: August 16, 2024
Docket Number: 22-1879
Date: August 16, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2254
Date: August 16, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2939
Justia Opinion Summary: Rose McAvoy, an undergraduate student at Dickinson College, alleged that the college violated Title IX and breached its contract by failing to respond adequately to her sexual assault claim. McAvoy reported that she was…
Date: August 15, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2846
Justia Opinion Summary: Tony Fisher, a federal inmate, filed a lawsuit against several prison officials, alleging they were deliberately indifferent to the risk of sexual assault by another inmate, resulting in his rape. Fisher entered federal…
Date: August 15, 2024
Docket Number: 22-3075
Justia Opinion Summary: David Schaffner, Jr. and Theresa Sue Schaffner filed a lawsuit against Monsanto Corporation, alleging that Monsanto violated Pennsylvania law by failing to include a cancer warning on the label of its weed-killer,…
Date: August 13, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2053
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2015, Eddie Williams was prosecuted in Pennsylvania for crimes related to a drug dispute that resulted in one death and one serious injury. Williams, along with Rick Cannon and Akeita Harden, was implicated in the…
Date: August 13, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2076
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2015, Eddie Williams was prosecuted in Pennsylvania for crimes related to a dispute over illegal drug profits, resulting in one death and one serious injury. Williams, along with Rick Cannon and Akeita Harden, was…
Date: August 13, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2189
Justia Opinion Summary: Alison George sought to represent a class and obtain damages from Rushmore Service Center, LLC, based on a letter that identified Premier Bankcard, LLC as the “current/original creditor” instead of the actual credit card…
Date: August 9, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1314
Date: August 9, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2062
Date: August 8, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2052
Date: August 8, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2052
Date: August 8, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2450
Date: August 5, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2967
Date: August 5, 2024
Docket Number: 22-3443
Justia Opinion Summary: A twelve-year-old boy named Maxwell was abused and killed by his father and stepmother. His mother, Sara Coon, sued Lebanon County and several county officials, alleging that the county knew about the abuse and had a…
Date: August 5, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1047
Justia Opinion Summary: Jamal Morton was convicted in 2012 in the Virgin Islands Superior Court of second-degree murder and various firearm offenses, receiving a fifty-year sentence. After his conviction was affirmed on direct appeal, Morton…
Date: August 5, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2432
Justia Opinion Summary: Residents of St. Croix, Virgin Islands, sued Limetree Bay Terminals and Limetree Bay Refining after the companies reopened an oil refinery that released oil mist onto nearby properties, contaminating water supplies. The…
Date: August 5, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2457
Date: August 2, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1489
Date: August 2, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1489
Date: August 2, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1843
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2008, Diontai Moore was investigated for drug crimes, leading to his arrest and a guilty plea for distributing cocaine base. He was sentenced to 72 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. In…
Date: August 1, 2024
Docket Number: 19-3797
Justia Opinion Summary: Quintez Talley, a Pennsylvania inmate, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging mistreatment while in restrictive custody. Talley claimed he was unable to file grievances due to lack of access to forms and writing…
Date: July 31, 2024
Docket Number: 22-3007
Date: July 31, 2024
Docket Number: 22-3331
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a dispute between SPS Corp I, Fundo de Investimento em Direitos Creditórios Não Padronizados (SPS), and General Motors Co. (GM). GM Brazil, a subsidiary of GM, sued the Brazilian government to recover…
Date: July 31, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1789
Date: July 30, 2024
Docket Number: 20-1977
Justia Opinion Summary: Joseph Marcy was convicted by a Pennsylvania jury of raping his five-year-old daughter, D.M., based on her testimony and corroborating evidence from caseworkers and a physician. Years later, D.M. recanted parts of her…
Date: July 30, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2924
Date: July 29, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2930
Justia Opinion Summary: Timothy Mullins, a coal miner, suffered an ankle stress fracture in 2015 while working as a Section Supervisor at a coal mine owned by CONSOL Energy, Inc. He initially received long-term disability benefits under…
Date: July 29, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1212
Justia Opinion Summary: Rachel Spivack, an employee at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office (DAO), was subject to a COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The DAO denied her request for a religious exemption, leading to her termination. Spivack then…
Date: July 26, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2978
Justia Opinion Summary: Atina Knowles appealed a District Court order denying her motion to strike Temple University's request for taxation of costs, resulting in a $2,578.93 award. Temple, as the prevailing party in a previous summary judgment…
Date: July 26, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2219
Date: July 25, 2024
Docket Number: 22-1223
Date: July 25, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2059
Justia Opinion Summary: Steven Baker was charged with bank robbery and using a firearm during the robbery. The government offered him a plea deal to plead guilty to these charges and admit to two other bank robberies without being charged for…
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