Facing a Senate panel on Tuesday, President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Third Circuit fended off questions about various scandals that plagued former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie while the New Jersey lawyer was serving as a legal adviser in the governor’s office.
Read moreDefending the city’s sanctuary status, an attorney for Philadelphia urged the Third Circuit on Wednesday to affirm that its position should not come at the cost of federal funding.
Read moreContesting personal liability in a case where the Pennsylvania Supreme Court found that Republicans had gerrymandered state congressional districts, Senator Joe Scarnati urged the Third Circuit on Wednesday to let him off the hook on legal fees.
Read moreA Philadelphia-based Catholic agency fought Tuesday afternoon at the Third Circuit for the right to deny same-sex couples a foster child based on its beliefs about marriage.
Read moreThe Third Circuit heard arguments Monday from a bank executive whose book was found to infringe the copyright for Commerce Bank marketing materials.
Read moreA woman who was blinded from an accident with a retractable dog leash urged the Third Circuit on Wednesday to revive her claims against Amazon for marketing a defective product.
Read moreA Third Circuit judge questioned the constitutionality Tuesday of a Delaware law that requires judges to align themselves with a major political party.
Read moreAffirming summary judgment for Riverdale, N.J. police officers, one of whom who kicked a man in the face, the Third Circuit said the failure by the plaintiff to identify which one did it means he can’t establish “personal involvement.”
Read moreA Pennsylvania county argued to the Third Circuit Friday afternoon that it should not have to remove a cross on its seal because it is historical, not religious.
Read moreA company trying to distinguish itself from the one it hired to collect credit card debts faced an uphill battle at the Third Circuit on Thursday in its bid to evade a lawsuit.
Read moreFinding only a shared premise between the hit series “Empire” and a struggling actor’s screenplay, the Third Circuit affirmed the dismissal of copyright claims against writer-director Lee Daniels.
Read moreAppearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Third Circuit defended himself against Democrats’ attacks about his conservative record.
Read moreA Pennsylvania school district struggled to persuade the Third Circuit on Monday that the student it kicked out after a disciplinary issue should not be considered homeless.
Read moreAttorneys for title insurers accused of furthering a Ponzi scheme for nine months argued Monday at the Third Circuit that conduct must last at least a year to trigger civil racketeering charges.
Read moreA Pennsylvania family argued before the Third Circuit on Thursday morning that they are entitled to medical monitoring after their drinking water was contaminated by the U.S. Navy.
Read moreThe Third Circuit allowed an order of nuns to intervene on Tuesday in a lawsuit pitting Pennsylvania against the Trump administration’s rollback of the contraception mandate under the Affordable Care Act.
Read moreThe two officials sentenced for Bridgegate argued before the Third Circuit on Tuesday that there was nothing criminal about the political gamesmanship that caused nearly a week of bad traffic, even by New Jersey standards, in 2013.
Read moreFighting to revive claims that the television series “Empire” is a ripoff, an attorney appearing before the Third Circuit on Monday quoted Martin Luther King.
Read moreThe Third Circuit said Thursday that three units of oil refiner Citgo must pay most of the $100 million-plus bill for cleaning up a 2004 oil spill in the Delaware River.
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