Today is a court holiday for New Jersey state and federal courts. That affords an opportunity to catch up with this week’s published opinions from the Supreme Court,, the Appellate Division, and the Third Circuit. Here are summaries of those ...
Jefferson v. Lias, ___ F.4th ___ (3d Cir. 2021). Back in 2019, this post discussed a circumstance where two of the three judges on a Third Circuit panel filed an opinion concurring in the panel’s unanimous opinion, of which those ...
Judge Ambro has announced that he will take senior status, effective upon the confirmation of his successor. He is the third judge to do so during the term of President Biden (the others are Chief Judge Smith and former Chief ...
As of December 4, as stated here, New Jersey’s own Judge Chagares became Chief Judge of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. That occurred as a result of the fact that his predecessor, Chief Judge Smith, reached age 70, the ...
In the recent period, the Third Circuit has published a small number of opinions. Here are summaries of some of those decisions: Mallet and Company Inc. v. Lacayo, ___ F.4th ___ (3d Cir. 2021). This was a trade secret and ...
Chief Judge Smith announced that he will be stepping down as Chief Judge. He will shortly reach age 70, the age limit for serving as Chief Judge of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Smith did not say exactly ...
Judge McKee announced that he is taking senior status. The effective date of that action is to be determined. Judge McKee’s move to senior status will allow President Biden to nominate someone to fill a seat on the Third Circuit. ...
In re D.L.B., ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2021); Valarezo-Tirado v. Attorney General of the United States of America, ___ F.4th ___ (3d Cir. 2021). It is a fundamental rule that courts must provide findings and reasons for their ...
United States v. Brace, 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 17482 (3d Cir. June 11, 2021). Every so often, attorney conduct is so egregiously bad that it results in a published opinion, and a lesson to other attorneys. This opinion by Judge ...
Butt v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America, ___ F.3d ___ (3d Cir. 2021). This opinion by Judge Hardiman involved an attorneys’ fee dispute. In the underlying consolidated discrimination cases, plaintiffs’ original attorney, Ryan Paddick, had a 40% ...