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United States Fourth Circuit - April 2008 Opinion Summaries

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US v. Martin
United States Fourth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing 
Conviction and sentence for arson, use of fire to commit mail fraud and mail fraud are affirmed where: 1) the evidence was sufficient to support...
04/15/2008 06-4876
Jackson v. Johnson
United States Fourth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus 
Denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus is affirmed where the Supreme Court of Virginia did not unreasonably apply clearly established...
04/15/2008 07-3
US v. Rodriguez-Amaya
United States Fourth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law 
Conviction for unlawful reentry after deportation by an aggravated felon is affirmed where the time defendant was detained by United States...
04/11/2008 06-4514
Great-West Life & Annuity Ins. Co. v. Information Sys. & Networks Corp.
United States Fourth Circuit
Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law 
In a suit against an ERISA plan sponsor by a third-party company, summary judgment for plaintiff is affirmed where ERISA does not preempt a state law...
04/11/2008 07-1502
US v. Diaz-Ibarra
United States Fourth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Sentencing 
Sentence for being found in the U.S. after having been deported subsequent to a conviction for an aggravated felony is affirmed where the sentencing...
04/11/2008 07-4420
US v. Matamoros-Modesta
United States Fourth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Sentencing 
Sentence for illegal reentry is vacated and remanded where the district court erred in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in Lopez v. Gonzales,...
04/10/2008 07-4105
Barbe v. McBride
United States Fourth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus 
Denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus is affirmed in part where petitioner was not denied the effective assistance of counsel, but vacated...
04/07/2008 06-7550
US v. Hairston
United States Fourth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Remedies, Sentencing 
Sentence for drug and weapons charges is vacated and remanded where: 1) the district court violated Rule 11 by not informing defendant before...
04/03/2008 05-5178
Smith v. Jordan
United States Fourth Circuit
Bankruptcy Law, Property Law & Real Estate 
Revocation of a bankruptcy discharge is affirmed in part where the district court correctly determined that a that a Trustee seeking a revocation of a...
04/03/2008 06-2154
Schweikert v. Bank of Am., N.A.
United States Fourth Circuit
Banking Law, Labor & Employment Law 
In a suit by a bank employee alleging wrongful discharge by his employer, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where: 1) the at-pleasure provision...
04/01/2008 06-2137

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