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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 22, 2012
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s ruling that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) did not act outside its authority under the Convention on Cultural Property …
Decided: September 6, 2012
This case concerned a government petition for civil commitment of a convicted pedophile under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (the Act). The Fourth Circuit remanded the …
Decided: August 22, 2012
Defendant Larry Whitfield appealed his convictions and sentence arising from his role in a failed attempt to rob a bank and a “mid-escape home intrusion” that resulted in the death of …
Decided: August 16, 2012
Davis was convicted of various federal offenses arising from the armed robbery of an armored car employee, the murder of that employee, and a subsequent carjacking. Davis challenges the use of …
Decided: August 14, 2012
Defendant Douglas Chappell appealed his conviction under Virginia’s police impersonation statute, Virginia Code § 18.2-174. Chappell challenged the constitutionality of the statute, arguing that it violates the Free Speech Clause of …
Decided: August 13, 2012
The Court of Appeals affirmed Charles Lee Smoot’s conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm, rejecting Smoot’s 18 U.S.C. § 922 challenges to his conviction.
In 2008, an …
Decided: August 10, 2012
Brehm appealed from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, challenging the jurisdictional basis for the indictment underlying his conviction. The Court of Appeals …
Decided: August 10, 2012
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s denial of Mubdi’s motion to suppress evidence seized during a traffic stop, finding that the police officers involved in the traffic stop at issue …
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 11, 2012
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s dismissal of Mathur’s motion to vacate his guilty plea based on the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Kentucky v. Padilla. Mathur, …
Decided: July 9, 2012
In this appeal brought by eleven inmates in the custody of the Virginia Department of Corrections against members of the Virginia Parole Board (the “Board), the Fourth Circuit affirmed the district …
Decided: July 9, 2012
In this case, the Fourth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the Defendant superintendents of a correctional facility on a claim that they had violated certain employees’ First Amendment rights. The court …
Decided: June 28, 2012
Plaintiffs, the parents of two students and the Freedom From Religion Foundation, brought suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that one of the School District’s policies, which allows student …
Decided: June 28, 2012
The Government appealed the district court’s grant of William P. Danielczyk, Jr. and Eugene R. Biagi’s (“Appellees”) motion to dismiss count four and paragraph 10(b) of the indictment, alleging that they …