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  • Geda v. Dir. United States Citizenship & Immigration Serv.

    Publication Date: 2025-02-03
    Practice Area: Immigration Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Restrepo
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brad Banias (Banias Law, LLC)
    for defendant: Brian M. Boynton, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney, William C. Peachey, Director, District Court Section, Aaron Goldsmith, Senior Litigation Counsel, Jordan K. Hummel, Trial Attorney (U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, District Court Section); Hope Lu (Office of the United States Attorney)
    Case Number: 23-2195

    USCIS Has Broad Discretion to Manage the Processing of Adjustment of Status Applications

  • United States v. Freeman

    Publication Date: 2024-10-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Freeman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary K. Healy, Office of Federal Public Defender, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin Pierce, Jesse S. Wenger, Office of United States Attorney, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: 23-2869

    District court erred by not relying on commentary to Guidelines sentencing enhancement that contained ambiguous language to determine applicability of enhancement to defendant's actions.

  • Trenton Pub. Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ. v. Found. Acad. Charter Sch.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-31
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Restrepo
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 23-2924

    Appellants Keydotta and Aldric Crawford, on behalf of K.C., appealed the district court's grant of emergency relief to the Trenton Public School District Board of Education, which vacated an administrative law judge's order of emergent relief.

  • United States v. Pritchett

    Publication Date: 2024-05-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Roth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin L. Wallace, Jesse S. Wenger, Office of United States Attorney, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: David Pugh, Mary K. Healy, Office of Federal Public Defender, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: 23-2005

    District court correctly suppressed evidence where defendant's actions were not sufficiently furtive or suspicious to justify a Terry stop.

  • Kars 4 Kids Inc. v. Am. Can!

    Publication Date: 2024-05-06
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: Non-Profit
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Fisher
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Upnit K. Bhatti (Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe); Alexandra Bursak and Christopher Cariello (Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe); Marc D. Haefner (Walsh Pizzi O'Reilly & Falanga); Jonathan Z. King (Cowan Liebowitz & Latman)
    for defendant: Karen A. Confoy and Corinne M. Trainor (Fox Rothschild); Christopher R. Kinkade (Pierson Ferdinand); Aubrey N. Pittman (The Pittman Law Firm)
    Case Number: 23-1273 & 23-1281

    District Court Erred by Not Applying Presumption of Laches in Lanham Act Claim and Shifting Burden of Proof to Opposing Party

  • In re: Ursa Operating Co., LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-02-05
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Energy
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Porter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George A. Barton, Barton and Burrows, LLC, Mission, KS for appellants.
    for defendant: Duston K. McFaul, Maegan Quejada, Sidley Austin LLP, Houston, TX; Robert S. Velevis, Sidley Austin LLP, Dallas, TX; Robert S. Brady, Edmon L. Morton, Kenneth J. Enos, Joseph M. Mulvihill, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, DE; Ana Alfonso, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, New York, NY; John H. Knight, Amanda R. Steele, Richards Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE for appellees.
    Case Number: 22-1729

    Lower courts erroneously dismissed adversary complaint of property owners to recover improperly withheld oil and gas royalties where property owners, not extractor, had an equitable interest in the funds, and thus a constructive trust was an appropriate mechanism for relief.

  • Rowan v. Warden James T. Vaughn Corr. Ctr.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Shwartz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David R. Fine, K&L Gates, Harrisburg, PA for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew J. Vella, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellees.
    Case Number: 22-1298

    Failure to be expressly advised of continued no-contact order at second arraignment did not violate due process where the terms of the order explicitly stated that it remained in effect until changed/withdrawn or until the case ended.

  • Hernandez v. MicroBilt Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-18
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Porter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angelo A. Stio, III (Troutman Pepper)
    for defendant: Lauren K.W. Brennan, James A. Francis, and John Soumilas (Francis Mailman Soumilas)
    Case Number: 22-3135

    Plaintiff Complied with Defendant's Arbitration Clause by Submitting Claims to AAA, Which in Turn Declined to Administer the Arbitration

  • In re: Ursa Operating Co., LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-12-18
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Energy | Mining and Resources
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Porter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George A. Barton, Barton and Burrows LLC, Mission, KS for appellants.
    for defendant: Duston K. McFaul, Maegan Quejada, Sidley Austin LLP, Houston, TX; Robert S. Velevis, Sidley Austin LLP, Dallas, TX; Robert S. Brady, Edmon L. Morton, Kenneth J. Enos, Joseph M. Mulvihill, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP. Wilmington, Delaware; Ana Alfonso, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY; John H. Knight, Amanda R. Steele, Richards Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE for appellees.
    Case Number: 22-1729

    Wrongfully retained mineral royalties were not part of a debtor's estate where applicable state law granted lessors a property interest proceeds, meaning debtor had no equitable interest in the funds.

  • Janssen Prods., L.P. v. Evenus Pharm. Labs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-06
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roy T. Englert, Jr., Shikha Garg (Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel); Peter C. Harvey (Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler); Lisa Kobialka (Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel); Irena Royzman, Daniel I. Sugarman, Christine Willgoos (Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel)
    for defendant: Arnold B. Calmann, Katherine A. Escanlar (Saiber); Clifton S. Elgarten, Ali H. K. Tehrani (Crowell & Moring); James K. Stronski (Crowell & Moring)
    Case Number: 22-2426

    Appeal Dismissed Where Denial of DTSA Seizure Request Was Not an Immediately Appealable Order