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Judge Alito's Dissents

In his more than 60 dissents over 15 years on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, a relatively liberal court, Judge Samuel A. Alito often took issue with majority decisions that sided with criminal defendants, prisoners and immigrants.

 

The following are links to the complete text of each of the cases in which Judge Alito dissented.

 

DiGiacomo v. Teamsters Pension Trust Fund (Aug. 24, 2005)

Partyka v. AG of the United States (Aug. 11, 2005)

Banks v. Beard (Feb. 25, 2005)

Yang v. Odom (Dec. 15, 2004)

Penn W. Assocs. v. Cohen (June 9, 2004)

Lee v. Ashcroft (May 19, 2004)

Doe v. Groody (March 19, 2004)

Dia v. Ashcroft (Dec. 22, 2004)

United States v. Zimmerman (Jan. 4, 2002)

Riley v. Taylor (Dec. 28, 2001)

Four Three Oh, Inc. v. B.A.P.S. Northeast, Inc. (July 2, 2001)

C.H. v. Oliva (Aug. 28, 2000)

Suter v. Munich Reinsurance Co. (Aug. 7, 2000)

Zubi v. AT&T Corp (July 18, 2000)

United States v. One Toshiba Color TV (June 13, 2000)

United States v. McGlory (Feb 1, 2000)

Raquel v. Education Mgmt. Corp. (Nov. 9, 1999)

Alexander v. University of Pittsburgh Med. Ctr. (July 23, 1999)

Sandoval v. Reno (Jan 29, 1999)

Erienet, Inc. v. Velocity Net (Sept. 25, 1998)

United States v. Russell (Jan. 16, 1998)

United States v. Igbonwa (Aug. 7, 1997)

United States v. Palma-Ruedas (July 30, 1997)

Smith v. Horn (July 24, 1997)

Chang v. INS (July 22, 1997)

Beauty Time v. VU Skin Sys. (July 3, 1997)

RNS Servs. v. Secretary of Labor (May 29, 1997)

Bray v. Marriott Hotels (April 11, 1997)

United States v. Kauffman (March 28, 1997)

Caterpillar, Inc. v. International Union (March 4, 1997)

Phillips v. Borough of Keyport (Feb. 21, 1997)

United States v. Rybar (Dec. 30, 1996)

Sheridan v. E.I. Dupont de Nemours & Co. (Nov. 14, 1996)

In re Continental Airlines (July 31, 1996)

Delli Santi v. CNA Ins. (June 20, 1996)

United States v. Edmonds (April 4, 1996)

Homar v. Gilbert (July 18, 1995)

Baker v. Monroe Twp. (March 22, 1995)

Harris v. City of Philadelphia (Feb. 15, 1995)

United States v. Shoupe (Sept. 19, 1994)

Glass v. Philadelphia Elec. Co. (Sept. 8, 1994)

Luden's Inc. v. Local Union No. 6 of the Bakery, Confectionery & Tobacco Workers Int'l Union (June 17, 1994)

Tipu v. INS (April 5, 1994)

Johnson & Johnson-Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals Co. v. Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Pharmaceuticals (March 15, 1994)

Fid. & Cas. Co. v. Tex. E. Transmission Corp. (In re Tex. E. Transmission Corp.) (Jan. 10, 1994)

Associated Elec. & Gas Ins. Servs. v. Texas E. Transmission Corp. (In re Texas E. Transmission Corp. PCB Contamination Ins. Coverage Litig.) (Jan. 10, 1994)

Reich v. Gateway Press (Jan. 6, 1994)

Houck v. Drummond (Dec. 14, 1993)

Ticor Title Ins. Co. v. FTC (July 15, 1993)

Specter v. Garrett (May 18, 1993)

Specter v. Garrett(April 17, 1992)

Kleinknecht v. Gettysburg College (March 31, 1993)

Dailey v. National Hockey League (Feb. 18, 1993)

Federal Labor Relations Authority v. U.S. Dep't of Navy (May 26, 1992)

Dillinger v. Caterpillar, Inc. (Feb. 25, 1992)

Burkett v. Fulcomer (Dec. 20, 1991)

Government of Virgin Islands v. Smith (Nov. 22, 1991)

Planned Parenthood v. Casey (Oct. 21, 1991)
Majority Opinion
| Alito's Dissent

Rock v. Zimmerman (Aug. 8, 1991)

Cruz v. Chesapeake Shipping, Inc. (April 29, 1991)

Kehr Packages v. Fidelcor, Inc. (March 6, 1991)

Nathanson v. Medical College of Pennsylvania (March 4, 1991)

United States v. Bierley (Dec. 28, 1990)

Burden v. United States (Oct. 26, 1990)

 

 

Text of the cases: Findlaw.com, Third Circuit Archive, Villanova University School of Law and University of Michigan School of Law.

 

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