2017 Fourth Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law
Opinions 501 - 1000 of 3076
Date: October 30, 2017
Docket Numbers: 16-4522, 16-4540
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit affirmed defendants' conviction of health care fraud and conspiracy to engage in health care fraud. Assuming that the district court did err in failing to consider materiality expressly when assessing…
Date: October 26, 2017
Docket Number: 15-4685
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence after he pleaded guilty to a drug offense and being a felon in possession of a firearm. The court held that defendant's prior previous North Carolina conviction for…
Date: October 24, 2017
Docket Numbers: 16-1808, 16-1857
Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose out of competition in the market for software used to manage and analyze large and complex datasets. SAS filed suit against WPL, alleging that WPL breached a license agreement for SAS software and…
Date: October 24, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1895
Justia Opinion Summary: Wayne Oliver filed suit in state court against CMC, alleging asbestos exposure claims. CMC filed a third-party complaint against several entities, including GE. GE removed to the district court and the district court…
Date: October 24, 2017
Docket Number: 16-4727
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit vacated the district court's sentence after defendant pleaded guilty to one count of possessing child pornography. The court held that defendant's plea agreement explicitly preserved the government's…
Date: October 20, 2017
Docket Number: 17-7014
Date: October 18, 2017
Docket Number: 15-2597
Justia Opinion Summary: A local government violated the Establishment Clause when it displays and maintains on public property a 40-foot tall Latin cross, established in memory of soldiers who died in World War I. The Fourth Circuit reversed…
Date: October 17, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1751
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit alleging that defendant fired her for supporting defendant's political rival, and thus violated plaintiff's First Amendment rights. The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's determination…
Date: October 13, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1732
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a suit challenging Rockville's zoning ordinance that prohibited the construction of self-storage facilities within 250 feet of property on which a public…
Date: October 13, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1767
Justia Opinion Summary: After plaintiff was arrested for failing to confine his leafleting to an area designated for protest activities, as set forth in a protocol formulated by Baltimore's legal department in 2004, he filed suit challenging…
Date: October 12, 2017
Docket Numbers: 16-2211, 16-2311
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against Wauquiez Boats, alleging claims for breach of maritime contract and for products liability under the general maritime law. The district court dismissed the complaint under Federal Rule of…
Date: October 12, 2017
Docket Number: 16-4316
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his sentence after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The district court found that defendant had been convicted of a crime of violence on the basis of his prior conviction…
Date: September 29, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1578
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit vacated the district court's judgment affirming the denial of disability benefits to plaintiff. The court agreed with plaintiff and held that the ALJ improperly assessed the medical opinion evidence…
Date: September 28, 2017
Docket Number: 15-2340
Justia Opinion Summary: This case arose out of an underlying action to enforce the health benefits provisions of two court-approved settlement agreements. The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of plaintiffs' motion for a…
Date: September 25, 2017
Docket Number: 16-4494
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit denied defendant's motion to release substitute assets as part of a government forfeiture in order for defendant to hire appellate counsel of his choice for the appeal of his criminal convictions. The…
Date: September 22, 2017
Docket Number: 16-4010
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit vacated defendant's 36-month revocation sentence, holding that the district court's failure to address her arguments in favor of a within-policy-statement-range sentence constituted procedural error.…
Date: September 13, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1231
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit granted the petition for review of the BIA's decision ordering petitioner removed to her native El Salvador. The court held that petitioner credibly testified by affidavit that MS-13 threatened and…
Date: September 13, 2017
Docket Number: 16-2419
Date: September 8, 2017
Docket Number: 17-1321
Date: August 30, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1938
Justia Opinion Summary: Although EQT's injection well was regulated by the state and authorized by a state-issued permit, the County sought to bar its operation by passing an ordinance that prohibited the disposal of wastewater anywhere within…
Date: August 28, 2017
Docket Number: 14-1
Justia Opinion Summary: The Fourth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction of first degree murder and sentence of death. The court found defendant's challenges to his conviction were without merit. The court rejected defendant's contention that…
Date: August 28, 2017
Docket Number: 17-1754
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