Third Circuit Tag

Here are last week's published decisions involving local governments:Gavel Second Circuit

Here are last week's published decisions involving local governments:NinthCircuit First Circuit Third Circuit
  • Hallsey v. Pheiffer, No. 13-1549 (Apr. 24, 2014) (reversing district court's summary judgment for officers on fabrication, malicious prosecution, and coercion claims, in case arising out of suit brought by individual wrongly imprisoned for 22 years).

Here are last week's published decisions involving local governments:prison Third Circuit
  • Thomas v. Cumberland County, No. 12-3959 (Apr. 11, 2014) (in suit alleging that the County failed to properly train officers to prevent attack by other inmates, vacating the district court's order of summary judgment for the County because a reasonable jury could find that the County acted with deliberate indifference).
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Here are last week's published decisions involving local governments:No-Loitering Third Circuit Seventh Circuit Ninth Circuit

Here are last week's published decisions involving local governments:SCT pillars Second Circuit Third Circuit

Here are last week's published decisions involving local governments:NinthCircuit Third Circuit
  • M.R. v. Ridley School District, No. 12-4137 (Feb. 20, 2014) (finding under Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act that for "stay put" period: (1) school district must reimburse parents for private-school costs even if parents do not file a claim for payment until after a court has ruled for the school; and (2) the parents' right to interim funding extends through the time of judicial appeal.).
Fourth Circuit

The Third Circuit decided this week that installing a GPS device on a car requires police to obtain a search warrant. The case, United States v. Katzin, builds upon the Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Jones, which held that placing a GPS device on a car is a "search" for Fourth Amendment purposes. Katzin addresses when that search is reasonable. The court considered various exceptions to the warrant requirement in other contexts, but concluded that none applies here. The court recognized that it was the first...

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