Pennsylvania Injunction Law

Caroline S. Robboy and Peter A. Gearhart v. Two Independence Place Condominium Owners' Association

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania real property condo law lawyers represented the parties. Plaintiffs Caroline S. Robboy and Peter A. Gearheart ("Gearharts") own a commercial condominium unit they are attempting to sell and seek summary judgment on their claims that Defendant Two Independence Place Condominium Owner's Association ("Two Independence Place") has unlawfully infringed their property... More...

$0 (08-07-2025 - PA)

Sherice Sargent v. School District of Philadelphia, et al.

<h2> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania civil rights lawyers represented the Defendant. </h2> Plaintiffs allege that in 2021, Defendant the School District of Philadelphia (the "School Districtâ€) adopted a "blatantly unconstitutional race-based system for admission to its criteria-based public schools.â€ According to Plaintiffs, the changes to the admissions process were enacted "fo... More...

$0 (10-11-2024 - PA)

<h1> United States of America v. Michael Salerno </h1>

<h2><center> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Defrauded Investors of Approximately $550,000with </center><center> Burlington County, N.J., Man Sentenced to Over Three Years in Prison for Two Business Schemes That Defrauded Investors of Approximately $550,000... More...

$0 (08-26-2024 - PA)

Syzygy Intergration, LLC v. Bryan Harris

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania civil litigation lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, inevitable disclosure of confidential and proprietary information, as well as for violations of the Pennsylvania Uniform Trade Secrets Act, 12 Pa. Cons. Stat. Â§Â§ 5301 et seq., and the Defend Trade Secrets Act, 18 U.S.C. Â§Â§ 1831, et seq.[1] ... More...

$0 (07-21-2022 - PA)

n re: ROBERT SZCZYPORSKI; BONNIE SZCZYPORSKI

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania bankruptcy lawyer represented Debtor in a Chapter 13 proceeding. The ACA requires certain individuals to maintain "minimal essential [health insurance] coverageâ€ throughout the year (the Individual Mandate). 26 U.S.C. Â§ 5000A(a). A person subject to the Individual Mandate who fails to maintain the required insurance for one month or more... More...

$0 (05-11-2022 - PA)

Milton Thomas, Sr. v. City of Philadelphia

<center><h3><h2> Philadelphia, PA - Property Tax lawyer represented Appellant with arguing that City's efforts to collect those taxes by a Sheriff Sale violated a discharge injunction that had been entered in Thomas' bankruptcy proceedings. </h3></center> The defendants first argue that the District Court lacked subject matter juri... More...

$0 (01-22-2022 - PA)

Donald J. Trump v. Secretary Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, et al.

Free, fair elections are the lifeblood of our democracy. Charges of unfairness are serious. But calling an election unfair does not make it so. Charges require specific allegations and then proof. We have neither here. The Trump Presidential Campaign asserts that Pennsylvania’s 2020 election was unfair. But as lawyer Rudolph Giuliani stressed, the Campaign “doesn’t plead frau... More...

$0 (11-27-2020 - PA)

United States of America v. Kawa Trading, Inc.

<center><h1> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a>VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services Call 918-582-6422 Today </h1></center> Philadelphia, PA - The United States of America sued Kawa Trading, Inc. claiming that it viol... More...

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William R. Jones v. Unknown D.O.C. Bus Driver and Transportation Crew

If a prisoner wants to file a §1983 suit, he must exhaust the prison’s internal administrative remedies first. Because he must clear this hurdle before suing, we wait to start the limita-tions clock until after he has exhausted them (or after his re-lease, whichever comes first). This is true whether he sues from prison or sues after his release. Either way, the plaintiff had to delay filing wh... More...

$0 (12-13-2019 - PA)

City of Philadelphia v. Attorney General of the United State of America

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/graphics/active/ByrneSmall.jpg"> </center> The City of Philadelphia has received funds under the federal Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (“Byrne JAG”) every year since the program’s inception in 2006. Last year, however, the Justice Department notified the City that it was withholding ... More...

$0 (02-15-2019 - PA)

In re: MCGRAW-HILL GLOBAL EDUCATION HOLDINGS LLC

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/graphics/active/ByrneSmall.jpg"> </center> These consolidated mandamus petitions require us to decide whether two professional photographers bringing separate copyright infringement actions are bound by a forum selection clause in contracts they did not 4 sign. We conclude that the photographers are not bound because t... More...

$0 (11-23-2018 - PA)

Kristen Giovanni v. United States Department of the Navy

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.paep.uscourts.gov/sites/paep/files/styles/gallery_slider_full/public/phila1_0.jpg?itok=2YIDLoh-"> </center> The Giovanni family and the Palmer family live in neighborhoods close to contaminated federal facilities that were owned and operated for decades by the United States Navy. The families filed separate suits in state court under the P... More...

$0 (10-03-2018 - PA)

Theodore Hayes and Aqeela Fogle v. Philip E. Harvey

The Hayes family receives enhanced voucher rental assistance from the federal government, and a federal statute provides that enhanced voucher holders “may elect to remain” in their housing developments, even after their landlord has opted out of the federal housing assistance program. 42 U.S.C. § 1437f(t)(1)(B). But the Hayes family’s landlord, Appellee Philip Harve... More...

$0 (09-04-2018 - PA)

Christopher Mielo and Sarah Heinzl v. Steak 'N Shake Operations, Inc.

In this class action lawsuit, two disability rights advocates have sued Steak ’n Shake under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). Alleging they have personally experienced difficulty ambulating in their wheelchairs through two sloped parking facilities, these Plaintiffs seek to sue on behalf of all physically disabled individuals who may have experienced similar difficulties at Steak... More...

$0 (08-02-2018 - PA)

Joel Doe, et al. v. Boyertown Area School District, et al.

This appeal requires us to decide whether the District Court correctly refused to enjoin the defendant School District from allowing transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that are consistent with the students’ gender identities as opposed to the sex they were determined to have at birth. The plaintiffs—a group of high school students who identify as being the same sex they wer... More...

$0 (08-02-2018 - PA)

Lea Augustin v. City of Philadelphia

This case involves a group of landlords who object to the system of liens used by the City of Philadelphia to collect unpaid gas bills. The District Court certified a class and held that the City had violated the landlords’ rights under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The City filed this appeal, arguing that its procedures for collecting gas debts are constitutional. We agree... More...

$0 (07-23-2018 - PA)

Joel Doe v. Boyertown Area School District, et al.

This appeal requires us to decide whether the District Court correctly refused to enjoin the defendant School District from allowing transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that are consistent with the students’ gender identities as opposed to the sex they were determined to have at birth. The plaintiffs—a group of high school students who identify as being the same sex they wer... More...

$0 (06-22-2018 - PA)

Theodore Hayes v. Philip E. Harvey

In this appeal, we must decide whether the enhanced voucher provision of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 42 U.S.C. § 1437f(t), requires property owners to continuously renew enhanced-voucher tenancies. Theodore Hayes and Aqeela Fogle (the Hayes family) are a low-income family whose rent is subsidized by enhanced voucher assistance. Their eligibility to receive enhanced vouchers is continge... More...

$0 (11-03-2017 - PA)

M.R.; J.R., Parents of Minor Child, E.R. v. Ridley School District

Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, a parent of a child with a disability can bring administrative and judicial proceedings to challenge a school district’s alleged violations of the Act, and, if the parent emerges as “a prevailing party,” the parent is then eligible for an award of attorneys’ fees. 20 U.S.C. § 1415(i)(3)(B). This case presents t... More...

$0 (08-23-2017 - PA)

Parks, LLC v. Tyson Foods, Inc.; Hillshire Brands Company

This case concerns a trademark that once enjoyed widespread recognition but has since grown considerably weaker. Since the 1950s, Parks Sausage Company has manufactured or licensed sausage under the brand name “PARKS.”1 At one point, PARKS was placed on the Principal Register of trademarks at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”), but, sometime in the early 2000s, Parks f... More...

$0 (07-24-2017 - PA)

U.S.A. et al. ex rel. Fox and Gonzales v. Home Care Hospice, Inc., Matthew Kolodesh, Alex Pugman, Svetlana Ganetsky, and Malvina Yakobashvili

Philadelphia, PA - Defunct Philly Hospice’s Owners/Operators to Pay Millions to Settle Civil False Claims Suit Matthew Kolodesh, Alex Pugman, Svetlana Ganetsky, and Malvina Yakobashvili have agreed to pay millions of dollars to settle False Claims Act allegations that they and their now-defunct company, Home Care Hospice, Inc. (HCH), falsely claimed and received taxpayer dollars for hos... More...

$8000000 (07-06-2017 - PA)

Khadidia Issa v. The School District of Lancaster

School-age refugees facing language barriers asked the District Court for a preliminary injunction compelling the School District of Lancaster to allow them to transfer from Phoenix Academy, an accelerated credit-recovery high school, to McCaskey High School’s International School, a program designed principally to teach language skills to English language learners, or ELLs. The District Court g... More...

$0 (02-12-2017 - PA)

AT&T Corp v. Core Communications Inc

Congress passed the Telecommunications Act of 19961 (TCA) to “fundamentally restructure[] local telephone markets.”2 Before the TCA, local telephone service companies operated as government-regulated monopolies. “States typically granted an exclusive franchise in each local service area to a local exchange carrier (LEC).”3 One of the TCA’s principal aims “was to end local telephone ... More...

$0 (12-24-2015 - PA)

United States of America v. Andrey Ghinkul, aka Andrei Ghincul and Smilex

Pittsburgh, PA - Bugat Botnet Administrator Arrested and Malware Disabled A sophisticated malware package designed to steal banking and other credentials from infected computers has been disrupted, and charges have been filed in the Western District of Pennsylvania against a Moldovan administrator of the botnet known as “Bugat,” “Cridex” or “Dridex.” Actions taken by the U.K.... More...

$0 (10-13-2015 - PA)

Reynaldo Reyes v. Netdeposit

Reyes alleges that the defendants conspired to conduct a fraudulent scheme whereby certain telemarketing firms would contact unsuspecting individuals and offer them something of little or no value. Reyes alleges that, during unsolicited phone calls with unsuspecting consumers, the telemarketers would obtain bank account information which was used to make unauthorized debits from the the co... More...

$0 (09-05-2015 - PA)

IN RE: TRIBUNE MEDIA COMPANY, Debtor; AURELIUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P., DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS; LAW DEBENTURE TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK

In December 2007, the Tribune Company (which published the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times and held many other properties) was facing a challenging business climate. Sensing an opportunity, Sam Zell, a wealthy real estate investor, orchestrated a leveraged buy-out (“LBO”), a transaction by which a purchaser (in this case, an entity controlled by Zell and, for convenience, referred t... More...

$0 (08-23-2015 - PA)

Devon Robotics, LLC v. Gaspar Deviendma; McKessen Corporation

Appellee Devon Robotics, LLC (“Devon”) acquired the rights to distribute two robotic medical devices, CytoCare and i.v. Station, from an Italian corporation, Health Robotics, S.r.l. (“Health Robotics”). Appellant Gaspar DeViedma (“DeViedma”), the general counsel for Health Robotics, negotiated the distribution contracts for both CytoCare and i.v. Station. Each contract contained an i... More...

$0 (08-08-2015 - PA)

M.R.; J.R., Parents of Minor Child E.R.

The â€•stay-putâ€– provision of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (â€•IDEAâ€–) states that a disabled child shall remain in his or her current educational setting 3 during the pendency of proceedings to resolve a dispute over the child's placement. See 20 U.S.C. Â§ 1415(j). This case requires us to decide two issues of first impression in this Circ... More...

$0 (02-20-2014 - PA)

Kisano Trade & Invest Limited v. Dev Lemster

In June of 2011, Kisano Trade & Invest Limited ("Kisanoâ€) and Trasteco Ltd. ("Trastecoâ€), two companies owned by Vadim Shulman, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against Dev Lemster and his company, Steel Equipment Corp. The complaint alleged violations of the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICOâ€), intentional interfe... More...

$0 (12-12-2013 - PA)

K.A. v. Pcono Mountain School District

K.A. was a fifth-grade student at the Barrett Elementary Center of the Pocono Mountain School District (the â€•School Districtâ€–), who was prohibited from distributing invitations to her classmates to a Christmas party at her church. Her father filed suit on K.A.'s behalf, alleging that the School District had violated her First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The District Court, apply... More...

$0 (03-12-2013 - PA)

PG Publishing Company v. Carol Aichele

The instant case calls upon us to decide whether a state statute restricting access to a polling place infringes on the media"s First Amendment right to gather news. Appellant PG Publishing Company ("Appellantâ€ or "PGâ€) seeks review of the District Court"s decision to dismiss its suit against election officials for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Specifically, Appellant alleges viola... More...

$0 (01-16-2013 - PA)

Franklin Benjamin v. Department of Public Welfare of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Plaintiffs-Appellees are individuals with "mental retardationâ€ who reside in intermediate care facilities operated by Defendants-Appellees Department of Public Welfare of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Secretary of Public Welfare of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. By and through their respective next friends, they brought this current class action in the United States District Co... More...

$0 (12-21-2012 - PA)

Joseph Askew v. The Trustees of the General Assembly of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution provides, in part, that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.â€ We address whether these Religion Clauses of the First Amendment insulate from civil court review the decision by a church leader to terminate an individual's membership in a church. The disput... More...

$0 (07-03-2012 - PA)

Paulette Cassel-Hess v. Norman K. Hoffer

Appellant, Paulette Cassel-Hess, appeals from the order entered on March 29, 2011, granting summary judgment to Norman K. Hoffer and Matthew D. Hoffer, d/b/a 4507 Associates (collectively "Appelleesâ€). We affirm in part, vacate in part, and remand. On October 9, 2009, Appellant instituted the current action by filing a complaint against Appellees. As averred within the complaint, Appe... More...

$0 (05-07-2012 - PA)

George Barcia v. Robert Fenlon

George Barcia (Barcia), a member of the Winona Lakes Property Owners Association (Association), appeals the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County (trial court) denying Barcia's Motion for Post-Trial Relief (Motion), thereby in effect denying Barcia's Complaint which sought to enjoin Robert Fenlon, Stephanie Przebieglec, James Ritter, Anthony Valentino,1 Oscar Woerlein and Diane Decke... More...

$0 (02-02-2012 - PA)

Michael Marcavage v. National Park Service

Michael Marcavage brought an action under 42 U.S.C. Â§ 1983 against the National Park Service, the United States Department of the Interior, and Park Service Rangers Alan Saperstein and Ian Crane, alleging violations of his rights under the First Amendment, the Fourth Amendment, and the Equal Protection Clause. The District Court granted the defendants' motion to dismiss, and we will affirm. ... More...

$0 (02-02-2012 - PA)

Kenyatta Johnson v. City and County of Philadelphia

Kenyatta Johnson and Damon K. Roberts (collectively, "Appellantsâ€) appeal the District Court's grant of summary judgment for the City of Philadelphia (the "Cityâ€), contending the District Court erroneously concluded that a City ordinance prohibiting the posting of signs on street poles passes constitutional muster under the First, Fourteenth, and Twenty-Fourth Amendments of the United... More...

$0 (12-28-2011 - PA)

Shamell v. Samuel-Bassett v. KIA Motors America, Inc.

Appellant, an automobile manufacturer who unsuccessfully defended a class action lawsuit for breach of express warranty, appeals the Superior Court's decision to affirm the certification of the class by the trial court, and the amount of damages and litigation costs awarded to the class. Costs included a significant legal fee, entered pursuant to the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Improvement Act (the "MM... More...

$0 (12-02-2011 - PA)

NAACP v. North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue

This appeal arises under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended in 1991. At issue is the legality of a residency requirement for firefighter candidates imposed by North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue (North Hudson), a fire department comprising five New Jersey municipalities. The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey held the residency requirement in... More...

$0 (12-13-2011 - PA)

Robert Chester v. Grane Healthcare

This matter comes before us on cross-appeals from the District Court's ruling on a petition for interim injunctive relief sought by the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRBâ€) pursuant to Â§ 10(j) of the National Labor Relations Act ("NLRAâ€), 29 U.S.C. Â§ 160(j). For nearly forty years, since Eisenberg ex rel. N.L.R.B. v. Hartz Mountain Corp., 519 F.2d 138 (3d Cir. 1975), we have ... More...

$0 (12-08-2011 - PA)