| Description | Date | Docket # |
| 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 |