Robert E. Cowen

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit circuit Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican) 26 signed orders read

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Fallon Electric Co. v. Cincinnati Insurance Co.
121 F.3d 125 · 1997-07-30
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“We will vacate the judgment of the district court and remand with instructions to enter judgment in favor of CIC in the amount of $87,752.24 in attorney's fees and $1,417.00 in expenses heretofore approved.”

Li Wu Lin v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
238 F.3d 239 · 2001-01-24
Petition for review (petitioner) Granted

“We conclude that Lin has satisfied both the standards for political asylum and those for withholding of deportation.”

McLaughlin v. Watson
271 F.3d 566 · 2001-11-20
Appeal (appellant (defendant U.S. Attorney)) Granted

“Because we conclude that the District Court erred in denying Defendant the protection of qualified immunity, we will reverse.”

Al-Fara v. Gonzales
404 F.3d 733 · 2005-04-14
Petition for review (petitioner) Denied

“Al-Fara challenges the propriety of the BIA's summary affirmance in his case. For the following reasons, we will deny the petition for review.”

United States v. Bruce
405 F.3d 145 · 2005-04-28
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“Bruce appeals, raising constitutional and sufficiency of the evidence challenges to the extortion convictions. ... We will affirm.”

United States v. Mussare
405 F.3d 161 · 2005-04-28
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“Mussare appeals, raising various constitutional and evidentiary challenges to the extortion convictions. He also appeals his sentence. We will affirm.”

Brennan v. Kulick
407 F.3d 603 · 2005-05-13
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“Accordingly, we will reverse the March 1, 2004 order of dismissal with prejudice and will remand this case to the District Court for it to consider whether Brennan has complied with the conditions of the January 27, 2003 order of dismissal without prejudice.”

Callison v. City of Philadelphia
430 F.3d 117 · 2005-05-19
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“He asserts that the District Court failed to recognize that the enforcement of the City's sick leave policies against him while he was on leave pursuant to the Family and Medical Leave Act ... interfered with his substantive FMLA rights. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 and will affirm.”

Emerson Electrical Supply Co. v. Estes Express Lines Corp.
451 F.3d 179 · 2006-06-16
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“The court concluded that Estes could not limit its liability pursuant to its tariff because it failed to provide Emerson two or more different rates. We will affirm.”

Sukwanputra v. Gonzales
434 F.3d 627 · 2006-01-19
Petition for review (petitioner) Granted

“For the reasons stated below, we will grant the petition, vacate the order of the BIA, and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.”

Knoepfler v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America
438 F.3d 287 · 2006-02-27
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“Because we predict that the New Jersey Supreme Court would construe the policy language to require proof of loss after the end of the entire period of disability, we will reverse.”

Ditch v. Grace
479 F.3d 249 · 2007-03-01
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“Tyson A Ditch appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania dismissing his petition for writ of habeas corpus filed under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254. For the reasons stated below, we will affirm the order of the District Court.”

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