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Opinions of the United
2004 Decisions                                                                                                             States Court of Appeals
                                                                                                                              for the Third Circuit

10-14-2004

Kline v. Security Guards Inc
Precedential or Non-Precedential: Precedential

Docket No. 03-3404

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"Kline v. Security Guards Inc" (2004). 2004 Decisions. Paper 169.
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                      IN THE UNITED STATES COURT
                               OF APPEALS
                          FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT

                        NOS. 03-3404, 03-3610, 03-3620

DAULPH KLINE; TERRY KLINE, individually, and On Behalf of All Others Similarly
Situated; DAVID J. BIGG; JOSEPH T. COULSON; ROBERT L. LASH; JOHN M.
SPEARS, JR., WILLIAM ALLEN; JAMES ALLEN; JOHN ALSVAN; EDWARD
ANDERSON; KENNETH ARTERS, JR.; TONY AZZARELLO; TERRY BACHERT;
GLENN BALTHASER; THOMAS BARTASHUS; FRANCIS BEIERSCHMITT;
GERALD BENDER; JOE BICKELM AN; BRETT BILLINGS; JOSEPH BISCANTI;
VERNON BLOOM, JR.; MICHAEL BODOLUS; CHRISTOPHER BORN; PATRICIA
BORRELL; JEFFREY BOSTON; DAVID M. BRAMLEY; THOMAS BRENEMAN;
WILLIAM BROWN; JOHN BUGERA; ANTHONY BUONO; ANTHONY
CALCAGNO, JR.; JOSEPH CARDELL; RICHARD CARL; WILLIAM CARPENTER;
ALAN CLOUSER; FRANK CRAMMER, JR.; ALFRED CRAMMER, JR.; TERRY
CROSSELY; ROBERT CRUPI; ANDREW CUCCARO, JR.; LEE DALTON; MINH
DAO; ROBERT DAVIDSON; BRENT DAVIS; TIMOTHY DEBECK; MARGARET
DECKER; MARK DETTERLINE; KENNETH DEWALD; THOMAS DIETRICH;
JOHN DILALLO; BRIAN DOERRMAN; KENNETH ECKERT; BERNARD EHRETS;
ANTONIO ESPINOSA; JOSEPH ESSICK; GARY ETTEL; BART FAUST; STEPHEN
FAUST; EDWARD FELEGI; BRUCE FISHBURN; WILLIAM FISHER; GERALD
FOGARTY; RAYMOND FOLK, JR.; MICHAEL FREY; RICHARD FRITZ, JR., DERK
FRONHEISER; CASEY GANSTER; JOHN GASPERETTI; JAMES GASPERETTI;
SANDRA GAWNE; DENNIS GAY; DONALD GEDDIO; GEORGE GEIGER;
RONALD GOREY; CARL GRAEFF; RITCHIE GRETH; PERRY GRIESEMER; GILL
GROVE; JOE GUIDO; JEFFREY HANNAHOE; DOUGLAS HARRIS; RICHARD
HARRIS; JAY HARTMAN; JOHN HEFT; RODERICK HELLER; GLENN HELMAN;
RICH HERB; JAMES HESS; ROSE MARIE HESSLER; PATRICK HOLLYWOOD;
THOMAS HOLT; JOHN HORNBERGER; MICHAEL HUBIAK; KEVIN IMPINK;
GARY JAMES; CHRIS JONES; EDWIN JONES; MARVIN KACHEL; JOHN KAHN,
JR.; WALTER KATCHUR; HARRY KAUFFMAN; ALLAN KEHL; MARK KERBER;
LARRY KLINE; WILLIAM KOCUR; MARK KRAMM ES; ALBERT KUKLIS; GARY
LECHNER; TERRY LEESE; BYRON LEIBY; GRANT LEONTI; TODD LESHER;
JOHN LISA; ROBERT LONG; WALTER LOOSE; EDWARD LUBAS; DAVID
LUCARELLI; RAYMOND LUTZ, III; GARY MADARA; JAMES MARKUS; KARL
MATTERN; JEFFREY MAULICK; JESSE MAY; EUGENE MCCLURE; RICHARD
MERSINGER; LAWRENCE MICCICKE, JR.; WALTER MILLER; RICHARD
MILLER; THOMAS MOYER; RICHARD MULHOLLAND; MICHAEL MULLIGAN;
THOMAS MULUTZIE; R. MUNDELL; JOHN MURRAY; CHRISTOPHER
NEITHAMER; RAYMOND NEUHEIMER; DAWN NIEDZIELSKI; VITO NINFO;
RAY OVERTON, JR.; GEORGE PALM, JR.; HOWARD PALMER; DONALD PAPP;
CRAIG PAWLING; DAVID PHILLIPS; WILLIAM PIANO; TIM PONATOSKI;
RONALD PORRINO; RORY QUINTER; TERRY RAEZER; DANIEL REEVES;
KEITH REICHART; SHIRLEY REICHART; JEFFREY REIFSNYDER; DENNIS
REMP; LOUIS REYES; FLOYD RHODES, IV; LOUIS RODINO; JEFFREY
ROTHERMEL; GEORGE SALTZM AN, 3RD; RANDY SANDERS; SAMUEL
SCHAEFER; MICHAEL SCHAEFFER; TERRY SCHAEFFER, SR.; JOHN SCHAICH;
RANDY SCHIES; LINDA SCHLEGEL; DARRELL SCHLEGEL, SR.; DALLAS
SCHLIECHER; THOMAS SCHWARTZ; ANTHONY SEDOTI; EUGENE SEDOTI;
JAMES SELTZER; TIMOTHY SHERMAN; GENE SHIMP; GEORGE SHIREY, JR.;
CHRISTOPHER SHOEMAKER; GEORGE SHUPP; PAUL SILK; JOSEPH SPICA;
RICHARD STICHTER; CURTIS STIELY; DOUGLAS STROHL; THEODORE
SULLIVAN; NORM AN SUNDAY; JOSEPH TOKONITZ; FREDERICK TRATE, JR.;
WALTERS VACULA; RICHARD VALENTINE; BARRY WALTERS; DAVID
WALTERS; BRIAN WALTERS; RICHARD WAWRZYNIAK, JR.; LARRY WEBBER;
KENNETH WEIDENHEIMER; KENNETH WEIKEL; VICTOR WELLER, JR.;
CALVIN WILLIAMS; LAWRENCE WILLIAMS, JR.; ROBERT WILLIAMSON;
RICHARD WOLF; MARC WOLFE; MIKE XAVIOS; TERRY ZERBE; JOHN ZIATS;
STEVE ARTHUR; WILLLIAM BANGS; WILLIAM BARNHART; THOMAS
BARRETT; RAYMOND BARTON; MARLIN BASHORE; BRIAN BATES; PETER
BECKER; RON BESSIL, JR.; HELEN BILLMAN; JAY BLANKENBILLER;
BRADFORD BOLL; ROBERT BORD; PAUL BOYER; GREGORY BOYER; SAM
BROBST; ROBERT CHILA, SR.; LEWIS COLLINS; BRIAN CONRAD; FERRELL
COOPER; GARY COOPER; ROBERT COULTER; MICHAEL DAVIDSON; DAVID
DEANGELO; PAUL DELBO, SR.; RICHARD DIEHL; LARRY DURHAM; GLENN
FISHER; EVAN FOURNRIS; ANTHONY GATTO, JR.; STEPHEN GERAS; ALFRED
GIACOM INI; GEORGE GRENUS; LAFAYETTE HAYES; JOHN HECKMAN, SR.;
RANDY HERTZOG; DENNIS HILL; JOHN HORNING; SHAWN INGRAM;
STANLEY JOHNSON; RUSSELL KLINE; LESTER KLOCK; RICHARD
KOHARCHECK; KEITH KRAMM ES; ROBIN KRICK; STEVEN KRUSZEW SKI;
RAYMOND KUBACKI, JR.; S. KEITH KULP; PATRICIA LAYTON; THOMAS
LECHNER; THEODORE LEWIS; JOSEPH LISA; ROSALIE LONG; JOSEPH
MARONE; GEORGE MATALAVAGE; JAM ES MAY; JACK MCNERNY, JR.;
WILLIAM MERRIWEATHER; H. DAVID MILLER; JANE MILLER; WILLIAM
MOLINA; ANDREW MOORE; GARY MOYER; SCOTT NEITHAMER; GLENN
NEWCOMB; MAURIO PETA; GERARD PETERKA; RANDALL PHILLIPS;

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RICHARD PHILLIPS; WILLIAM PICKUP, JR.; MIKE PINKASAVAGE; RONALD
PRESSLEY; JEFFREY PRINCE; DON QUIRE; STEVEN REICHART; WINFRED
ROMAN; KEVIN RORKE; BARRY SCHAEFFER; DONALD SCHIEN; TODD
SWARTZ; GENE SEDOTI; WILLIAM SHUPP, III; ANNETTE SICENAVAGE;
JAMES SIMMONS; BARRY SNYDER; ROBERT SNYDER, JR., D. STUBBLEBINE;
ANGELO TADDEO; STEPHEN THOMPSON; TERRY TRAYER; JOHN WALCHAK,
JR.; ROBERT WALLACE; ARLAN WEAVER; TERRY WENZ; RON WESSNER;
WADE WESSNER; RICHARD WOLF; ROBERT YENSER; CHARLES ZAMBIASI;
GREGORY D. ARTERS; AARON C. AUGHTRY; KENNETH BAIR; GLENN D.
BEARSTIER; DALE A. BENDER; M ARIO BISBANO; HARRY E. BOWERS, JR.;
JIMMIE CALDW ELL; JOSEPH T. COULSTON, JR.; HOWARD C. CRAW FORD, JR.;
KURT D. DAHMS; GREGORY L. DUFFIN; PATRICK J. DUGGAN; ROY M.
FLOWERS; LEROY G. FREY; MICHAEL J. GALAVAGE; NATHAN A. GARBER;
DERRICK L. GRAVES; ARNEL C. GRETH; MICHAEL R. HANSFORD; STEVEN J.
HAUGER; DENIS J. HEYDT; JOHN J. HOMKA, JR.; MARC HUNTZINGER;
THOM AS C. ISETT; CHRISTOPHER W. JONES; ROBERT C. JONES; Individually
and in his capacity as Pottstown Borough Manager; TIMOTHY O. KAHL; DIANE
LEFFLER; GERALD E. LUTZ; WILLIAM M. MCANDREW; SCOTT R. MELL;
JEFFREY S. NOLL; GEORGE R. O'NEILL; RICKY C. OSWALD; KENNETH A.
PLANER; WILLIAM H. RAVERT; SALVATORE L. RIZZO; GREGORY C.
SANCINELLA; RICHARD D. TOLLAND; KENNETH W ARFIELD; GARY L.
WEISS; LARRY L. WOLFE; JOSEPH E. YAKAITIS; FRANCIS M. ZELLER; JOHN
CONTSICOS; HAROLD J. FASIG; CHARLES E. FELTY, JR.; DALE FOX; CARL
FURILLO; MICHAEL GROSS; TOM HOLLAND; MARK K. OUDINOT; JEFFREY G.
RACZKA, SR.; GERALD B. RHOADS; ANTHONY W. ROTKISKE, JR.; RICHARD J.
SEISLER, II; JOSEPH F. SHOUMLISKY,

Appellants in No. 03-3404
Cross Appellees in Nos. 03-3610
and 03-3620

              v.

SECURITY GUARDS, INC.
Appellant in No. 03-3610
Cross Appellee in No. 03-3404;

DANA CORPORATION
Appellant in No. 03-3620
Cross Appellee in No. 03-3404

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                           On Appeal From the United States
                                      District Court
                        For the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
                          (D.C. Civil Action No. 00-cv-00566)
                    District Judge: Hon. Franklin S. VanAntwerpen
                     Magistrate Judge: Hon. Linda K. Caracappa

                                  Argued June 29, 2004

                  BEFORE: AMBRO, ALDISERT and STAPLETON,
                              Circuit Judges

                            (Opinion Filed: October 6, 2004)

                            ORDER AMENDING OPINION

      It is now ORDERED that the precedential Opinion in the above matter filed on
October 6, 2004, be amended as follows:

       Page 21, bottom left column: “New Jersey’s” should be replaced with
“Pennsylvania’s” so that the paragraph reads in part, “Section 16 of Pennsylvania’s
Detective Act . . . .”

                                         By the Court

                                          /s/ Walter K. Stapleton
                                         United States Circuit Judge
DATED: October 14, 2004

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