Week 41 (2017)
Week of October 9, 2017 through October 13, 2017
United States of America v. Blain Salmons, Jr. (Wilkinson 10/12/2017): The Fourth Circuit held that the crime of aggravated robbery as defined in West Virginia categorically …
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United States of America v. Blain Salmons, Jr. (Wilkinson 10/12/2017): The Fourth Circuit held that the crime of aggravated robbery as defined in West Virginia categorically …
There were no published opinions this week.…
Ricky Brown v. Commissioner Social Security (King 9/29/2017): The Fourth Circuit held that an administrative law judge should not assign more credibility to a non-treating physician’s …
US v. Lacresha Slappy (Gregory 9/22/2017): The Fourth Circuit held that a district court, when imposing a revocation sentence, must address the parties’ nonfrivolous arguments in …
Zulma Zavaleta-Policiano v. Jefferson Sessions III (Gregory 9/13/2017): The Fourth Circuit held the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) abused its discretion by affirming an Immigration Judge’s …
There were no published opinions this week.…
EQT Production Company v. Matthew Wender (Harris 8/30/2017): The Fourth Circuit held that West Virginia’s Water Pollution Control Act preempts and prevents county ordinances from prohibiting …
Marlow Humbert v. Dominick Griffin (Gregory 8/22/2017): The Fourth Circuit held that law enforcement officers are not entitled to qualified immunity for a 42 U.S.C. § …
Under Seal 1 v. United States (per curiam 8/18/2017): The Fourth Circuit held that subpoenas demanding a criminal defense team divulge who gave them fraudulent documents …
Minnieland Private Day School v. Applied Underwriters (Wynn 8/11/2017): The Fourth Circuit held that arbitration cannot be compelled between parties to an insurance agreement when state …
US v. Charise Stone (Agee 8/2/2017): The Fourth Circuit held that a district court judge does not have to recuse himself where any interest that the …
Northrop Grumman Technical Services, Inc. v. DynCorp International LLC (Keenan 7/28/17): The Fourth Circuit held that a document produced by a counterclaim defendant that is never …
United States v. German de Jesus Ventura (King 7/18/2017): The Fourth Circuit held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in maintaining the same …
Nancy Lund v. Rowan County, North Carolina (Wilkinson 7/14/2017): The Fourth Circuit held that local lawmaker-led sectarian prayer ran afoul of the Establishment Clause. The court …
Dustin Buxton v. Sandra Kurtinitis (Floyd 7/7/2017): The Fourth Circuit held the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution “has no application …