2014 / 4th Circuit Case Summaries / Categories / Contracts / Municipal Law
by S.C. Law Review · Published January 21, 2015
Decided: August 6, 2014 The Fourth Circuit held that the City of Baltimore did not violate the Contract Clause of the U.S. Constitution when it changed the method for calculating pension benefit increases. The City of Baltimore (City) instituted a public pension plan for public safety employees and, in 1983,...
2013 / Constitutional Law / Municipal Law
by S.C. Law Review · Published January 7, 2014 · Last modified February 9, 2014
Decided: December 3, 2013 The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Horry County, thereby validating its Flow Control Ordinance that prohibits disposal of waste generated in Horry County at any site other than a designated publicly owned landfill. Horry County occupies the northernmost...
2013 / Civil Procedure / Constitutional Law / Municipal Law
by S.C. Law Review · Published August 9, 2013 · Last modified February 10, 2014
Decided: July 3, 2013 A majority of the Fourth Circuit, sitting en banc, vacated the judgment of the district court, which granted summary judgment to Plaintiffs Greater Baltimore Center for Pregnancy Concerns, Inc., St. Bridgid’s Roman Catholic Congregation and its Archbishop and permanently enjoined the enforcement of a City of...