Weitzner v. Sanofi Pasteur, Inc., 819 F.3d 61 (3d Cir. 2016). Earlier this year, in Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez, 136 S.Ct. 663 (2016), discussed here, the Supreme Court of the United States rejected an attempt by a class action defendant ...
Chief Judge McKee announced today that Judge Sloviter will assume inactive status as a judge of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. She made that decision due to “a serious medical condition with her eyes.” The Chief Judge’s announcement contains ...
Somewhat overshadowed by the run-up to President Obama’s nomination yesterday of Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court of the United States was the President’s nomination of Rebecca Ross Haywood, the day before, to fill a vacancy on the Third ...
S.B. v. Kindercare Learning Centers, LLC, 815 F.3d 150 (3d Cir. 2016). S.B., a four-year old girl, was injured at defendant’s day care center. Her mother sued for negligence, on her own behalf and on behalf of S.B. After the ...
Mammaro v. New Jersey Div. of Child Protection & Permanency, 814 F.3d 164 (3d Cir. 2016). In this case, plaintiff brought a civil rights case against the New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency (“the Division”), supervisors and case ...
As discussed here, the en banc Third Circuit was to hear oral argument in this case today, and it did so this morning. The audio of that oral argument, which ran for about 70 minutes, is available here. Among the ...
I have posted before about the relatively low percentage of Third Circuit appeals in which oral argument is heard. The latest statistics show that little has changed in this regard. Matthew Stiegler has a detailed post about this at his ...
In re Arunachalam, 812 F.3d 290 (3d Cir. 2016). A pro se plaintiff in related patent infringement cases in the District of Delaware sought to disqualify the District Judge. When that motion was denied, plaintiff filed a petition for a ...
By a vote of 82-6, the United States Senate last night confirmed Judge Luis Felipe Restrepo to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Restrepo fills the vacancy that arose when Judge Scirica took senior status on July 1, 2013. ...
As predicted here, the Third Circuit has granted en banc review in NCAA v. Governor of the State of New Jersey, 799 F.3d 259 (3d Cir. 2015). Oral argument en banc has been scheduled for February 17, 2016 at 11 ...