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Decided: March 18, 2013
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a qui tam action that the district court held was barred by the statute of limitations and the first-to-file bar under …
Decided: March 15, 2013
In this case, a daycare center located in the City of Fredericksburg, Virginia, filed a lawsuit against the city after the city council had denied the center’s application to extend its …
Decided: March 14, 2013
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reverse the district court’s ruling that vacated a jury verdict in favor of Georgia-Pacific and awarded judgment to Von Drehle based on a preclusion defense. …
Decided: March 5, 2013
Thirteen North Carolina residents brought suit after a statutory change imposing stricter eligibility requirements for in-home personal care services (“PCS”) eliminated their access to in-home PCS. The residents (“the PCS recipients”) …
Decided: January 11, 2013
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the decision of the district court to dismiss relator’s action under the False Claims Act. The court of appeals found that the district court …
Decided: December 17, 2012
This case is arises from the Duke lacrosse scandal involving false rape charges made against members of the 2005-2006 lacrosse team. Three groups of plaintiffs brought suit against the City of …
Decided: November 30, 2012
Jonathan Blitz, his wife Marla Tuchinsky, and their minor child EB (“Plaintiffs”) challenged the district court’s dismissal of their complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The Plaintiffs’ complaint challenged the …
Decided: November 21, 2012
Jimmy Martin and Lucky Strike, LLC (appellants) brought an action in the district court to enjoin the enforcement of S.C. Code Ann. §§ 12-21-2710 and 12-21-2712, which prohibit certain “device[s] pertaining …
Decided: October 25, 2012
In addressing AU Optronics and LG Display’s (together “Defendants”) separate appeals of the District Court of South Carolina’s decisions to remand their cases to South Carolina state court, the Fourth Circuit …
Decided: October 18, 2012
Wilson Medical Center (“WMC”) appealed the Eastern District of North Carolina’s amended order and judgment entered on August 8, 2011, nunc pro tunc March 1, 2011. On appeal, the Court of …
Decided: August 8, 2012
Michael Dwayne Durham was indicted by a Virginia grand jury on three counts of selling drugs and was later arrested and jailed for several months. The indictment of Durham resulted from …
Decided: July 25, 2012
The Fourth Circuit granted defendant Temitope Akinsade’s petition for writ of error coram nobis and vacated his conviction, finding that the district court’s admonishment during its Rule 11 proceeding was insufficient …
Decided: July 9, 2012
The court of appeals affirmed the lower court’s exercise of personal and subject matter jurisdiction, and it’s authority to remand the remaining nonarbitrable claims to state court.
In 1925, Congress enacted …
Decided: July 5, 2012
A group of hourly-wage employees of Perdue Farms, Inc. (Perdue) filed a civil conspiracy action under 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d) of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). The plaintiffs …
Decided: June 27, 2012
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal of a complaint brought by a group of local fire and rescue departments (“LFRDs”) and former administrative employees against Montgomery County, Maryland, the …