Week 43 (2019)
Week of November 22, 2019 through November 24, 2019
Accident, Injury and Rehab v. Alex Azar, II (Niemeyer 11/21/2019): The Fourth Circuit held that a health care provider who was required to re-pay Medicare claims because …
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Accident, Injury and Rehab v. Alex Azar, II (Niemeyer 11/21/2019): The Fourth Circuit held that a health care provider who was required to re-pay Medicare claims because …
United States v. Allred (Wilkinson 11/7/19): The Fourth Circuit held that causing bodily injury to a witness constitutes a predicate conviction for a defendant found guilty of …
In re: Search Warrant Issued June 13, 2019 (Amended 10/31/2019): The Fourth Circuit held that the use of a “Filter Team” — created ex parte by …
Lawrence v. Saul (Diaz 10/24/2019): The Fourth Circuit held that the Social Security Administration properly denied disability benefits to a claimant who could perform work that exists …
Chavez v. Hott
Decided: October 10th, 2019
The Fourth Circuit held that noncitizens subject to reinstated removal orders who seek withholding of removal are …
United States v. Smith
Decided: September 27, 2019
The Fourth Circuit held that, under North Carolina law, a plea of guilty followed by conditional …
Barnes v. Thomas
Decided: September 12, 2019
The Fourth Circuit held that a juror’s external communication with her pastor regarding whether she could impose …
Gordon v. Schilling (King, by designation 9/4/2019): The Fourth Circuit vacated and remanded the district court’s award of summary judgment in favor of Virginia Department of Corrections’ Health …
In re Watson (Diaz 8/30/2019): The Fourth Circuit held that during merger negotiations between two companies, reasonable shareholders may consider undisclosed negotiations material when those negotiations …
Lennear v. Wilson
Decided: August 23, 2019
The Fourth Circuit held that inmates at risk of being deprived of a liberty interest, such as good time …
United States v. McCall (Richardson 8/12/2019): The Fourth Circuit held that the district court erred in sentencing a defendant to ten years in prison for distributing methamphetamine …
Life Techs. Corp. v. Govindaraj (Keenan 7/24/2019) (amended 8/7/2019): The Fourth Circuit held that the president of the defendant corporation could not be held personally liable as …
United States v. Galecki (Agee 7/29/19): The Fourth Circuit affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded a criminal conviction related to conspiracy to distribute controlled substance …
District of Columbia v. Trump (Niemeyer 7/10/2019): The Fourth Circuit held that the District of Columbia and Maryland did not have standing to sue President Trump, in …
United States v. Rodriguez-Soriano (Gregory 7/24/19): The Fourth Circuit held the administration of criminal justice requires a criminal conviction to rest upon firmer ground than an …