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Decided: July 18, 2012
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) appealed from the denial of judicial enforcement of an administrative subpoena served in the course of investigating charges brought against Randstad. The Court of Appeals …
Decided: July 17, 2012
In this case, the court assessed whether or not a state burglary statute “substantially correspond[ed]” to the generic definition of burglary outlined by the Supreme Court in Taylor v. United States, …
Decided: July 16, 2012
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the district court did not err in deciding that Sean R. Francis was not a “sexually dangerous person” within the meaning of 18 …
Decided: July 13, 2012
Appellants filed suit challenging the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) decision to construct a dam as part of a larger project along the Lost River Subwatershed. Appellants alleged that the …
Decided: July 13, 2012
This case involved a criminal defendant’s appeal of his 100-month sentence and special conditions imposed on his supervised release. The Fourth Circuit affirmed the 100-month sentence, reversed the district court’s imposition …
Decided: July 13, 2012
In this case, the Fourth Circuit held that a federal prisoner’s possession of a “shank” constituted a crime of violence under the career offender provision of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, thus …
Decided: July 11, 2012
On appeal, Albert C. Burgess, Jr., challenges his convictions and sentences for two felonies involving the receipt and possession of child pornography, as well as an award of restitution for losses …
Decided on: July 11, 2012
Johnson (“the Debtor”) filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 13 bankruptcy in September 2010. The Debtor and her ex-husband (“the Creditor”) share joint custody of two minor sons. The sons …
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
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 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: July 5, 2012
Debbie McCravy appealed the district court’s holding that her remedies under ERISA § 1132(a)(3) were limited to premiums improperly withheld by MetLife. As a Bank of America employee, McCravy participated in …
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 29, 2012
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction of G. Martin Wynn for mail and wire fraud related to his engineering services undertaken for Oconee County, South Carolina to extend …