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Decided: November 5, 2015
The Fourth Circuit reversed and vacated the district court’s ruling.
Defendant, Anthony Palomino-Coronado was convicted of knowingly employing, using, persuading, inducing, enticing, or coercing a minor in sexually explicit conduct, for …
Decided: November 3, 2015
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s order dismissing the indictment.
Marshall Vinson (“Vinson”) was charged with “possession of a firearm by a prohibited person” after police officers found a rifle …
Decided: October 30, 2015
The Fourth Circuit concluded that the evidence the government offered with respect to at least four of the defendant’s five burglary convictions did not show that the convictions qualified as “violent …
Decided: October 30, 2015
In an armed robbery case, the Fourth Circuit found that the District Court properly applied a sentence enhancement against Andrews for obstruction of justice. On that basis, the Fourth Circuit upheld …
Decided: October 27, 2015
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s ruling.
In 1982, Plaintiff, Wendell Griffin was convicted for the murder of James Williams Wise and also for related weapons charges. In June of …
Decided: October 23, 2015
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the lower court’s ruling.
The district court rejected all of the Government’s contentions that that the evidence was admissible under Fourth Amendment exceptions, granted the defendant’s motion …
Decided: October 22, 2015
The Fourth Circuit reversed the district court’s denial of defendant’s motion to suppress, vacated the defendant’s conviction and sentence, and remanded for further proceedings after determining the Culpeper, Virginia, Police Department …
Decided: October 21, 2015
In a False Claims Act (FCA) case, the Fourth Circuit held that Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) was not an arm of the State of Pennsylvania. As such, PHEAA was …
Decided: September 17, 2015
The Fourth Circuit vacated the district court’s judgment and remanded for further proceedings.
Charles Lee was a carman, who inspected railcars to identify potential service-related defects for Norfolk Southern Railroad (“NS”) …
Decided: September 15, 2015
The Fourth Circuit affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded.
SD3, LLC and its subsidiary, SawStop, LLC (“SawStop”) together allege that a group of table-saw manufacturers formed a conspiracy to …
Decided: September 8, 2015
The Fourth Circuit held that the National Labor Relations Board correctly determined that Intertape unlawfully interrogated an employee and unlawfully confiscated union materials from an employee break room; however, the National …
Decided: September 2, 2015
In this case about the Sixth Amendment right to counsel, the Fourth Circuit held that Ductan neither forfeited nor waived his right to counsel. Based on these findings, the Fourth Circuit …
Decided: August 19, 2015
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court and held that 18 U.S.C. § 2423(c) is constitutional because of the Foreign Commerce Clause.
Defendant, Larry Bollinger (“Bollinger”), is an ordained Lutheran minister …
Decided: August 18, 2015
The Fourth Circuit affirmed in part, reversed in part, vacated in part, and remanded.
This case was an appeal from summary judgement in which plaintiff, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as …
Decided: August 18, 2015
The Fourth Circuit held that it was appropriate for the district court to allow evidence of violent acts and threats of violence against competitors and that it was appropriate for the …