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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT IN RE: THE THIRTY-FIVE STATEWIDE : No. 175 MM 2014 INVESTIGATING GRAND JURY : : : PETITION OF: ATTORNEY GENERAL : KATHLEEN G. KANE : ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 26th day o

WILLIAM F. KUNTZ, II, United States District Judge: Plaintiffs bring this action challenging then-Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine C. Duke's November 20, 2017 determination to terminate Haiti's Temporary Protected Status designation based on her assessment that Haiti had sufficiently recovered from a 2010 earthquake and there were no longer "extraordinary and temporary conditions" preventing Haitian nationals residing in

I. FACTUAL & PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND A. Statutory Background The TPS statute is 8 U.S.C. § 1254a. Section 1254a(b) covers TPS designations. It provides in relevant part as follows. (1) In general. The Attorney General, after consultation with appropriate agencies of the Government, may designate any foreign state (or any part of such foreign state) under this su

679 F.Supp. 1204 (1987) Mattiebelle HARRIS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. John O. MARSH, Jr., Defendant. Leonza LOFTIN, Plaintiff, v. John O. MARSH, Jr., Defendant. Nos. 81-60-CIV-3, 80-168-CIV-3. United States District Court, E.D. North Carolina, Fayetteville Division. December 28, 1987. *1205

OPINION OF THE COURT BECKER, Chief Judge. These consolidated appeals from an order of the District Court upholding a large award of costs against the losing parties after trial in a long-running toxic tort case present a number of issues pertaining to costs awards. Most of them are quite technical. Of especial interest and importance are questions dealing with the extent to which the court may consider the r

221 F.3d 449 (3rd Cir. 2000) IN RE: PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATIONMABEL BROWN; GEORGE BURRELL; WALLACE D. CUMMINS; SYLVAN C. COHEN; K. LOUISE JONES; JAMES LAMENT; CHRISTOPHER S. BROWN; CATHLENE BROWN; CRAIG BROWN; MARGHERITA BARBETTA; MARY RETTA JOHNSON; CELESTE BROWN; CLEMMON BROWN; CLOYD BROWN; CURTIS BROWN; JOHN INGRAM; MARY ALICE KNIGHT; WILLIAM BUTLER; MATTHEW CUNNINGHAM, Appellants No. 99-1692

Ladd, J. — "William P. Bettendorf died intestate, June 3, 1910. He left a widow, Elizabeth H., whom he had married September 9, 1908, his first wife having departed this life several years before. He was without children; but a father and mother, Michael and Katherine Bettendorf, and one brother, J. "W. Bettendorf, survived him. Aside from household furniture, life insurance, patents, and royalties owed for their use, his estate c