The Third Circuit sadly lost one if its District Court judges this week.
Louis Heilprin Pollak died Tuesday of heart failure in his West Mount Airy home. He was 89. He leaves behind five daughters and seven grandchildren.
Judge Pollak was nominated in 1978 by President Jimmy Carter. He was best-known for his extensive civil rights work, and many years of service in the legal field as a lawyer, judge, and an academic.
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Once again, another Super Bowl is overshadowed by the shenanigans of its half-time performers. First it was Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction during the 2004 Super Bowl, and now it’s singer M.I.A.’s bird-flipping during the 2012 Super Bowl.
In the midst of all the screams of moral corruption, the spotlight has returned to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision to toss the FCC’s $550,000 indecency fine against CBS for broadcasting Jackson’s nipple-slip because the FCC “improperly imposed a penalty on CBS for violating a previously unannounced policy.”
Should a brief live up to its name? When Third Circuit Court of Appeals judges dream of case law at night, what topics haunt their REM-cycle?
Thanks to a statistical analysis from the Bar Association for the Third Federal Circuit (3CBA), we're closer to finding the answers to these pressing questions.
The Administrative Office of the U.S. Court publishes a giant report each year, detailing statistical data about the federal appellate courts. The 3CBA was kind enough to sift through the report and pull out the relevant Third Circuit Court of Appeals data. Let's review some of the highlights.
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals is accepting comments for consideration regarding the reappointment of Federal Public Defender Thurston McKelvin. McKelvin, who is based in St. Croix, is the Federal Public Defender for the U.S. Virgin Islands. He has served multiple terms in the position.
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals is considering McKelvin’s reappointment to a new four-year term and has appointed a committee to assist in its review. The Committee consists of nine attorneys from the U.S. Virgin Islands, who will report their findings to the Third Circuit.
Nine-time Olympic medalist Carl Lewis is running again, this time for a New Jersey State Senate.
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision on Tuesday, and ordered that Lewis's name be added to the ballot for the November election.
New Jersey candidates must satisfy a 4-year state residency requirement. In August, New Jersey Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno refused to certify Lewis's candidacy because Lewis had not resided in the Garden State for the requisite time period.
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals denied a motion for a full-court review of its July cross-ownership decision in Prometheus Radio Project v. FCC on Tuesday.
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), CBS, and other media outlets requested re-hearing in August, saying that the three-judge panel had ruled incorrectly, and asserting that the Third Circuit appeared to want to retain jurisdiction over the case "in perpetuity."
The same three-judge panel had ruled against the group in 2004.
