Week 37 (2019)
Week of September 9, 2019 through September 13, 2019
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Barnes v. Thomas
Decided: September 12, 2019
The Fourth Circuit held that a juror’s external communication with her pastor regarding whether she could impose …
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Barnes v. Thomas
Decided: September 12, 2019
The Fourth Circuit held that a juror’s external communication with her pastor regarding whether she could impose …
Gordon v. Schilling (King, by designation 9/4/2019): The Fourth Circuit vacated and remanded the district court’s award of summary judgment in favor of Virginia Department of Corrections’ Health …
In re Watson (Diaz 8/30/2019): The Fourth Circuit held that during merger negotiations between two companies, reasonable shareholders may consider undisclosed negotiations material when those negotiations …
Lennear v. Wilson
Decided: August 23, 2019
The Fourth Circuit held that inmates at risk of being deprived of a liberty interest, such as good time …
United States v. McCall (Richardson 8/12/2019): The Fourth Circuit held that the district court erred in sentencing a defendant to ten years in prison for distributing methamphetamine …
Life Techs. Corp. v. Govindaraj (Keenan 7/24/2019) (amended 8/7/2019): The Fourth Circuit held that the president of the defendant corporation could not be held personally liable as …
United States v. Galecki (Agee 7/29/19): The Fourth Circuit affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded a criminal conviction related to conspiracy to distribute controlled substance …
District of Columbia v. Trump (Niemeyer 7/10/2019): The Fourth Circuit held that the District of Columbia and Maryland did not have standing to sue President Trump, in …
United States v. Rodriguez-Soriano (Gregory 7/24/19): The Fourth Circuit held the administration of criminal justice requires a criminal conviction to rest upon firmer ground than an …
Rodriguez Cabrera v. Barr (Agee 07/19/2019): The Fourth Circuit held that Virginia’s statute prohibiting participation in criminal gang activity does not categorically qualify as a crime …
Board of Trustees v. Four-C-Aire, Inc. (Agee 7/3/2019): The Fourth Circuit held that a multiemployer pension plan’s governing agreements and a former participating employer’s collective bargaining agreement …
United States v. Furlow (King 06/27/19): Bryshun Furlow appealed the District Court’s use of enhanced sentencing guidelines which classified him as an armed career criminal and …
Harris v. Pittman (Harris 6/18/2019): The Fourth Circuit overturned the District Court’s decision to grant Defendant’s motion for summary judgment with respect to Plaintiff’s § 1983 …
L-3 Commc’n Corp. v. Serco, Inc. (Keenan 6/10/2019): The Fourth Circuit held that evidence of a long-standing business relationship may establish a business expectancy as a matter …
Muhammad v. Norfolk So. Ry. (Niemeyer 6/4/2019): The Fourth Circuit held that an injury occurring on a bridge over navigable waters does not satisfy the situs …