The court affirmed dismissal of Hill’s property-based and substantive due process claims, class-of-one equal protection claim, and portions of his First Amendment claims, but held that his allegations stated a stigma-plus claim for a name-clearing hearing and a First Amendment retaliation claim based on support for…
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2006
Published opinions from 2006. The case name opens the case page.
2006 opinions
3rd Cir.Kathleen Buck, Appellant v. the Hampton Township School District; Lawrence C. Korchnak, Dr
June 30, 2006452 F.3d 256
The court held that Buck’s EEOC charge did not satisfy the statutory and regulatory verification requirement, but that the requirement is not jurisdictional and may be waived. Because the School District and Korchnak received the detailed charge and responded to its merits before the right-to-sue letter without…
The Third Circuit held that it had jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 3742(a)(1) to review Cooper’s post-Booker sentence for reasonableness and concluded that her 105-month sentence was reasonable.