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Decided: August 4, 2014
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s holding that the RJR Pension Investment Committee (“RJR Pension”) had breached its fiduciary duty of care to Tatum by divesting a pension plan of …
Decided: August 5, 2014
The Fourth Circuit held that the district court did not err in denying Flame S.A.’s (“Flame”) motion to vacate a writ of maritime attachment issued in favor of Freight Bulk Pte. …
Decided: August 5, 2014
The Fourth Circuit held that the district court did not abuse its discretion on any of the Appellants’ claims.
Wells Fargo and Walker Jackson Mortgage Corporation, a subsidiary of Long & …
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 …
Decided: August 7, 2014
The Fourth Circuit denied Modanlo’s midtrial notice of appeal, and held that the district court was not stripped of jurisdiction when Modanlo made his midtrial notice of appeal.
Modanlo was charged …
Decided: August 15, 2014
The Fourth Circuit held that Appellant, Crane Co. (“Crane”) was not entitled an opportunity to assert another basis for federal jurisdiction after the district court remanded its case to Maryland state …
Decided: August 15, 2014
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s judgment.
Appellant, a debt collection service, persistently made repeated collection demands to Appellee regarding on a debt that she incurred in 2008. Appellee paid …
Decided: August 19, 2014
The Fourth Circuit declined application of the exclusionary rule to suppress evidence police officers gathered against Stephens, and affirmed his conviction for illegal possession of a firearm.
In 2011, police officers …
Decided: July 3, 2014
The Fourth Circuit held that the district court erred in denying the defendants’, employees at a federal detention center, motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity.
After he was assaulted …
Decided: July 1, 2014
The Fourth Circuit vacated the district court’s dismissal order and remanded the case to state court for failure to state a federal question sufficient for removal and federal jurisdiction. See 28 …
Decided: July 25, 2014
The Fourth Circuit denied Nucor’s petition for interlocutory review of the district court’s refusal to decertify a class in a class action lawsuit as untimely.
The Fourth Circuit previously vacated and …
Decided: July 28, 2014
The Fourth Circuit held that Railworks could not recover a premium payment transfer under 11 U.S.C. § 550, nor avoid the transfer under 11 U.S.C. § 547, following a Chapter 11 …
Decided: May 13, 2014
The Fourth Circuit held that the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Boumediene v. Bush, 553 U.S. 723 (2008), did not strike down 28 U.S.C. § 2241(e)(2), and that § 2241(e)(2) was …
Decided: July 1, 2014
The Fourth Circuit held that: (1) Seignious failed to show prejudice because the district court failed to follow the various procedures that 18 U.S.C. § 3664(a)–(d) required; (2) Seignious was not …
Decided: July 28, 2014
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court and held as unconstitutional Virginia’s statutes and constitutional amendments that prohibit (1) same-sex marriage in Virginia and (2) state recognition of same-sex marriages performed …