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   Federal Courts - 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals - May 9, 2006

  
Black v. United States Post Office, NO. 05-3747, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT, May 9, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Employer was properly granted summary judgment on employee's hostile work environment, sexual harassment, and retaliatory discharge claims because complaint was untimely under 42 U.S.C.S. § 2000e-16(c) as employee filed it more than 90 days after she received notice of EEOC final action and employee was not entitled to equitable tolling.

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Brown v. Folino, Case No: 04-2705, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT, May 9, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Inmate's § 2254 habeas corpus petition was properly denied. Although reasonable doubt jury instruction raised constitutional concerns, state court did not unreasonably interpret or apply federal law in upholding instruction. Trial counsel did not render ineffective assistance in failing to challenge instruction, given legal precedent upholding it.

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Davis v. United States Cong., NO. 05-5533, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT, May 9, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Inmate's § 2241 petition was properly dismissed because his claims clearly embodied "essence of habeas corpus" as they attacked legality of his custody and sought to secure his immediate release and they challenged validity and imposition of his sentence, rather than manner in which it was being carried out, making them inappropriate for § 2241.

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Forum for Academic & Institutional Rights v. Rumsfeld, No. 03-4433, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT, May 9, 2006, Decided
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Reese Bros., Inc. v. United States, No. 05-2135, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT, May 9, 2006, Opinion Filed
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Overview: In order to be taxable under 26 U.S.C.S. § 4252(b)(1), charges for long-distance telephone services had to be based on both distance and elapsed transmission time. Taxpayer's telephone services did not fall within § 4252, thus, taxpayer was properly granted summary judgment on its refund claim for 26 U.S.C.S. § 4251(a)(1) excise taxes .

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