United States Fourth Circuit - August 2001 Opinion Summaries

WASHINGTON-DULLES TRANSP. LTD. v. METRO. WASHINGTON AIRPORTS AUTH.

Civil Procedure, Transportation
49 USC 49104(c) vests district courts with jurisdiction not only over the adoption of competitive bid procedures that satisfy the mandate of the...

MOSEMAN v. VAN LEER

Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
Plaintiffs could not justifiably rely upon defendant's allegedly misstated representations used to pledge their corporate securities when they...

EDELL & ASSOCS., P.C. v. LAW OFFICES OF PETER G. ANGELOS

Attorney's Fees, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Where one law firm assists another law firm in contingency fee litigation on the express condition of sharing in the contingency fee award, silence...

GRIGGS v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
A state court's holding that a governor's statement to the press was not a law for purposes of the Ex Post Facto Clause is not a decision that was...

ROSMER v. PFIZER INC.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
28 USC 1367 authorizes federal courts to exercise supplemental jurisdiction in a diversity class action when one named plaintiff has a claim above the...

PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS v. DOUGHNEY

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
To use a mark "in connection with" goods or services, defendant need not have actually sold or advertised goods or services on a web site, but need...

VELASQUEZ-GABRIEL v. CROCETTI

Immigration Law
8 USC 1231(a)(5) does not have a retroactive effect where the petitioner did not make an application to adjust his resident status before the new law...

DAVIS v. UNIV. OF N. CAROLINA

Civil Rights, Education Law
A defendant's use of the word "disabled," even coupled with evidence that the defendant doubts plaintiff's ability to complete a particular degree...

US v. BUCULEI

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Congress' prohibition against attempted creation of child pornography, as embodied in 18 USC 2251(a), is Constitutionally permissible.

US v. STOKES

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Where the court still would have been mandated, under the provisions of USSG 5G1.2(d), to impose consecutive sentences in order to attain prison terms...