2017 Fourth Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law
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Date: January 11, 2017
Docket Number: 15-4252
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant signed a plea agreement in which the government agreed to seek a sentence at the lowest end of the “applicable guideline range.” After the government recommended a sentence at the lowest end of the guideline…
Date: January 10, 2017
Docket Number: 15-2125
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against the Maryland Transit Administration, alleging violation of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq. Plaintiff suffers from cerebral palsy and uses a…
Date: January 6, 2017
Docket Number: 15-2192
Justia Opinion Summary: QinetiQ, the successor in interest to DTRI, contends that the stock issued to an executive employee of DTRI was issued in connection with the executive’s employment and was subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture…
Date: January 5, 2017
Docket Number: 15-2105
Date: January 4, 2017
Docket Number: 15-1999
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 against defendant, individually and in his official capacity as a state trooper, alleging federal claims of unlawful arrest, retaliatory arrest, and excessive force, and state…
Date: January 4, 2017
Docket Number: 15-2106
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. 2671 et seq., alleging that Navy officers negligently allowed a training structure to remain in a dangerous condition and…
Date: January 4, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1024
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, several environmental groups, filed suit against the Fola Coal Company alleging that it had violated the Clean Water Act (CWA), 33 U.S.C. 1251, and seeking injunctive relief. Plaintiffs alleged that the…
Date: January 4, 2017
Docket Number: 16-1358
Justia Opinion Summary: After debtors filed for bankruptcy relief, the Bankruptcy Administrator, Marjorie Lynch, moved to dismiss the case as an abuse because debtors used the National and Local Standard amounts for certain categories of…
Date: January 4, 2017
Docket Number: 16-6567
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to traveling in foreign commerce and engaging in illicit sexual conduct, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2423(c). The district court agreed with defendant that, as a matter of law, he did not travel in…
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