2015 Fourth Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law
Opinions 501 - 1000 of 3049
Date: November 6, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1923
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioners seek review of the Board's 2014 decision affirming an award of black lung benefits to Arvis R. Toler. Petitioner contends that, by applying the fifteen-year rebuttable presumption to Toler’s second claim for…
Date: November 5, 2015
Docket Number: 14-4416
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his conviction of knowingly employing, using, persuading, inducing, enticing, or coercing a minor in sexually explicit conduct, for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of that conduct, in…
Date: October 30, 2015
Docket Number: 14-4422
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, convicted of crimes related to his armed robbery of a Domino's Pizza, challenged the district court's application of a sentencing enhancement for obstructing the administration of justice under U.S.S.G.…
Date: October 30, 2015
Docket Number: 14-4766
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant plead guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and was sentenced to 188 months' imprisonment under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. 924(e). On appeal, defendant argued that because…
Date: October 27, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1494
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against the police department and three of its former detectives for damages under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging that the police and prosecution withheld evidence in violation of Brady v. Maryland during…
Date: October 23, 2015
Docket Number: 14-4932
Justia Opinion Summary: The Government appealed the district court's grant of defendant's motion to suppress evidence stemming from a warrantless search of defendant's vehicle. The court concluded that the absence of probable cause to arrest…
Date: October 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-4733
Justia Opinion Summary: After defendant plead guilty to a three-count indictment for drug-related offenses, defendant appealed the district court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence. The court concluded that, viewed in their totality,…
Date: October 21, 2015
Docket Number: 15-1093
Justia Opinion Summary: Relator filed suit against PHEAA and other private and state-created student-loan entities under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. 3729-33, alleging that defendants fraudulently claimed hundreds of millions of…
Date: October 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-5
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, convicted of three counts including capital murder for intentionally killing a police officer, appealed the district court's dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. 2254.…
Date: October 19, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1994
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit challenging a hearing officer's conclusion that the School Board had provided O.S. with a free and appropriate education (FAPE). The district court affirmed the hearing officer's decision. At issue…
Date: October 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-4745
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. On appeal, he challenged his 188-month sentence as substantively unreasonable. The court concluded that the district court did not…
Date: October 13, 2015
Docket Number: 14-2170
Date: September 23, 2015
Docket Number: 14-6513
Justia Opinion Summary: The district court concluded that the state habeas court had unreasonably applied the principles of Brady v. Maryland. The district court granted petitioner's habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. 2254, finding that the…
Date: September 21, 2015
Docket Number: 14-7551
Date: September 18, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1988
Date: September 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1585
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against his employer, NS, alleging that NS suspended him on the basis of his race in violation of 42 U.S.C. 1981. The district court granted summary judgment to NS and then plaintiff filed a second…
Date: September 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1746
Justia Opinion Summary: SawStop filed suit against two dozen saw manufacturers and affiliated entities under section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C. 1, contending that several major table-saw manufacturers conspired to boycott…
Date: September 10, 2015
Docket Number: 15-1032
Date: September 9, 2015
Docket Number: 15-1323
Date: September 8, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-1517, 14-1553
Justia Opinion Summary: Intertape petitioned for review of the Board's order concluding that Intertape committed three unfair labor practices prior to and during the course of a union campaign, in violation of Section 8(a)(1) of the National…
Date: September 2, 2015
Docket Number: 14-4220
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his convictions for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, possession with intent to distribute marijuana (and aiding and abetting the same), and carrying a firearm during and in…
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