PRBA Corp. v. HMS Host Toll Roads, Inc., 808 F.3d 221 (3d Cir. 2015). Plaintiff, which does business as Bare Exposure, operates a “gentleman’s club” in Atlantic City. The club advertises itself as “Atlantic City’s Only All Nude Entertainment.” Defendant ...
Hanover 3201 Realty, LLC v. Village Supermarkets, Inc., 806 F.3d 162 (3d Cir. 2015). The number of different issues that judicial opinions present never ceases to amaze. This appeal, which involved questions of antitrust standing and Noerr-Pennington immunity, presented what ...
Witasick v. Minnesota Mutual Life Ins. Co., 803 F.3d 184 (3d Cir. 2015). This was an insurance coverage case. It had a lengthy procedural history, one that implicated criminal as well as civil proceedings. The District Court had granted a ...
As discussed here, a panel of the Third Circuit, by a 2-1 vote, had affirmed a decision of the District Court that had blocked New Jersey’s Sports Wagering Act, N.J.S.A. 5:12A-17, from going into effect. New Jersey sought en banc ...
Hassan v. City of New York, 804 F.3d 277 (3d Cir. 2015). This opinion by Judge Ambro yesterday is one of the most important decisions that the Third Circuit has made in some time. The case involves New York City ...
In re Revel AC, Inc., 802 F.3d 558 (3d Cir. 2015). “We seldom focus on how to balance the four factors that determine whether to grant a stay pending appeal despite the practical and legal importance of these procedural standstills. ...
As discussed here, the Third Circuit Clerk’s Office will be closed from September 24-28, reopening on September 29, due to the visit to Philadelphia of Pope Francis. The Court has now posted information on the front page of its website ...
North Jersey Brain & Spine Center v. Aetna, Inc., 801 F.3d 369 (3d Cir. 2015). Judge Chagares’s concise opinion in this case today crystallized the issue near the outset. “The question presented on appeal is whether a patient’s explicit assignment ...
Lincoln Benefit Life Co. v. AEI Life, LLC, 800 F.3d 99 (3d Cir. 2015). For a single judge on a three-judge Third Circuit panel to issue a concurring opinion is not unusual, as in this recent example. Occasionally, two out ...
When Pope Francis visits Philadelphia later this month, the city, or at least the central business district known as Center City, will be dramatically affected in many ways, including “frozen zones” where traffic will not be permitted. The Pope’s visit ...