class action. He authored In re Resorts Int'l,Inc. a seminal decision regarding the scope of bankruptcy subject matter jurisdiction after a company that was in chapter 11 emerges from bankruptcy. Scirica wrote the opinion for the unanimous Third Circuit panel affirming, for the most part, the convictions of Bill Baroni and Bridget Kelly for their roles in the closure of Fort Lee access lanes to the George Washington Bridge for political reasons, in what came to be known as the Bridgegate scandal. The decision was reversed by a unanimous Supreme Court on appeal. His former law clerks include Gregory G. Garre, a former-United States Solicitor General, Magistrate Judge Timothy R. Rice, and former White House counsel Dana Remus. References Sources 1940 births 20th-century American judges American people of Italian descent Judges of the Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Living people Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives United States court of appeals judges appointed by Ronald Reagan United States district court judges appointed by Ronald Reagan University of Michigan Law School alumni University of Pennsylvania fellows Wesleyan University alumni University of Pennsylvania Law School faculty