512 ABA Journal 3rd Circuit Court articles.
A federal appeals court has dismissed a petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy filed by a new unit of Johnson & Johnson that was formed to assume liabilities in litigation over talc contained in its baby powder.
Jan 31, 2023 10:09 AM CST
Still no SCOTUS opinions in argued cases
The U.S. Supreme Court has set a record by failing to issue opinions in argued cases this term. Usually, the high court issues…
Jan 20, 2023 3:25 PM CST
A federal appeals court has ruled for a former inmate in Delaware who alleged that his seven-month solitary confinement worsened his schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in violation of the Eighth Amendment.
Nov 29, 2022 10:52 AM CST
A man who pleaded guilty to understating his lawn-mowing income to obtain $2,458 in food stamps had no Second Amendment right to own a gun, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
Nov 17, 2022 11:39 AM CST
Nov 3, 2022 2:53 PM CDT
Ex-prosecutor gets prison time for bulls proposal
Jeffrey Siegmeister, the former state attorney for Florida’s Third Judicial Circuit, was sentenced Tuesday to 40 months in federal prison, partly for…
Oct 21, 2022 2:40 PM CDT The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday vacated a federal appeals court ruling that allowed the counting of mail-in ballots in undated envelopes in a local judicial race in Pennsylvania. Oct 11, 2022 12:33 PM CDT A federal judge has ordered Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner to write apology letters to the families of the victims of a double murder after concluding that supervisors in his office made misleading statements to the court. Sep 14, 2022 12:06 PM CDT Jun 10, 2022 8:59 AM CDT May 31, 2022 12:12 PM CDT Jan 31, 2022 10:33 AM CST Trump testimony sought in business probe New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a motion to compel the testimony of former President Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka…
Jan 21, 2022 2:23 PM CST Nov 30, 2021 3:08 PM CST Oct 5, 2021 1:22 PM CDT Aug 18, 2021 10:00 AM CDTSupreme Court vacates ruling allowing counting of undated ballots; Dr. Oz had urged that result
Federal judge orders district attorney to write apology letters to families of murder victims
SCOTUS allows counting of mail-in ballots in undated envelopes
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday refused to interfere with the counting of mail-in ballots in undated envelopes in a judicial election in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
Emergency SCOTUS filing follows ballot ruling that could affect Dr. Oz’s US Senate race
Updated: A judicial candidate in Pennsylvania is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to issue an emergency stay that will prevent the counting of mail-in ballots in undated envelopes in a 2021 Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, election.
White House confirms potential Supreme Court nominee as the short list grows
The White House confirmed Friday that U.S. District Judge J. Michelle Childs is among several Black women being considered for the U.S. Supreme Court.
Weekly Briefs: Trump business misrepresented assets, New York AG says; judge apologizes for weed scolding
Imposter lawyer who filed document in Cosby case wins reversal of his conviction
A federal appeals court has overturned the false statements conviction of a man who posed as a lawyer to file a document in civil litigation between actor Bill Cosby and sexual assault accuser Andrea Constand.
Qualified immunity doesn’t protect officer who killed man threatening only himself, Sotomayor says
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented Monday, when the high court declined to consider whether qualified immunity should protect a police officer who fatally shot a man holding a gun to his own temple.
3rd Circuit revives Second Amendment challenge to zoning restrictions on gun club
A federal appeals court on Tuesday said a federal judge should take another look at a Second Amendment challenge to a Pennsylvania township’s zoning restrictions on “sportsman’s clubs” shooting ranges.
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