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Decided: June 28, 2016
The Fourth Circuit vacated, reversed, and remanded for further proceedings.
In June 2010, Plaintiff, Stella Andrews, filed a lawsuit under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Defendants moved to dismiss …
Decided: April 27, 2016
The Fourth Circuit affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded for review.
In 2011, plaintiffs, William Anderson, Jr. and Danni Jerrigan purchased a house from defendants, Wayne and Tina …
Decided: July 7, 2016
The Fourth Circuit reversed and remanded the district court’s ruling.
Petitioner Gabriel Santos Alvarez is a citizen of Bolivia and has been a lawful permanent resident of the United States since …
Decided: March 31, 2016
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s ruling.
In 2008, the plaintiff, Brian Yates, was driving on a highway in North Charleston, South Carolina. His brother and mother were following him …
Decided: March 11, 2016
The Fourth Circuit vacated the judgment of conviction and sentence, entered direct entry of judgment in favor of Ragin on his § 2255 motion, and remanded for further proceedings.
In …
Decided: March 28, 2016
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s ruling.
In February 2014, McNeal, Stoddard and a third defendant were indicted and charged with conspiracy to commit armed robbery of a bank …
Decided: April 27, 2016
The Fourth Circuit vacated the defendant’s convictions and remanded for further proceedings.
A Maryland grand jury returned an indictment against Robert Fitzgerald for one count each of possessing a firearm as …
Decided: April 12, 2016
The Fourth Circuit vacated the lower courts carjacking conviction and remanded with instructions that a judgement of acquittal be entered forthwith.
On April 17, 2014, Defendant, Kenneth Lee Bailey crashed …
Decided: March 8, 2016
The Fourth Circuit reversed, vacated, and remanded the district court’s ruling.
Appellant Arnold Paul Burleson was convicted of several North Carolina felony offenses between 1964 and 1985 and, based on these …
Decided: April 21, 2016
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the ruling of the district court.
On October 15, 2013, Officer Ring of the Chesapeake police stopped Michael Jerome Palmer (“Palmer”) because the windows of his …
Decided: April 19, 2016
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s ruling.
A jury convicted defendants the defendants of drug, robbery, and firearm offenses based on their participation in a plan to rob a cocaine …
Decided: April 25, 2016
The Fourth Circuit reversed and remanded the trial court’s decision declining to authorize the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s application for subpoena enforcement.
On July 27, 2013, Elmer Escalante—who lacked authorization …
Decided: April 14, 2016
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s ruling.
In June 2008, Amiel Cueto sued American Bank and ten other defendants alleging that they fraudulently failed to fund his $8 million …
Decided: April 8, 2016
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s granting of summary judgment to the Board.
Throughout his years at Aberdeen High School in Harford County, Maryland, disabled student S.B. was subject …
Decided: March 17, 2016
The Fourth Circuit vacated the district court’s ruling and remanded it for further proceedings.
James Raynor, an inmate at Sussex II State Prison, suffers medical ailments, including seizures, blackouts, blood issues, …