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United States Fourth Circuit - June 2002 Opinion Summaries

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HAMDI v. RUMSFELD

United States Fourth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure
Neither the Federal Public Defender nor a private citizen had any significant relationship with a detainee, captured as an alleged enemy combatant...
06/26/2002 02-6827

JAFFE v. ACCREDITED SURETY AND CAS. CO., INC.

United States Fourth Circuit
Civil Procedure, International Law
A prior Florida judgment, which refused to recognize a Canadian default judgment, must be given full faith and credit; the question, whether the basis...
06/25/2002 01-1628

WELCH v. ASHCROFT

United States Fourth Circuit
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
Although the mandatory detention of deportable aliens is reasonably related to legitimate government interests, the 14-month detention of a deportable...
06/19/2002 00-7665

US v. RAST

United States Fourth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
The district court lacked the discretion to sentence a defendant to less than 120 months, after a plea of guilty to the sexual exploitation of a...
06/19/2002 00-4753

VENEY v. WYCHE

United States Fourth Circuit
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Assuming that jail officials denied an inmate's request to move from his single-occupancy cell into a double-occupancy cell, solely because he is...
06/18/2002 01-6603

DUGAN v. ALBEMARLE COUNTY SCH. BD.

United States Fourth Circuit
Civil Rights, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
A teacher failed to offer any evidence, direct or circumstantial, leading to an inference that the school board reduced her to part-time status...
06/17/2002 01-1935

US v. BYNUM

United States Fourth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure
Evidence obtained during a search was admissible under the good faith exception adopted by the Supreme Court in United States v. Leon, 468 U.S. 897,...
06/14/2002 00-4773

ALS SCAN, INC. v. DIGITAL SERV. CONSULTANTS, INC.

United States Fourth Circuit
Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
A Georgia-based Internet service provider did not subject itself to personal jurisdiction in Maryland, by enabling a website owner to publish...
06/14/2002 01-1812

US v. LOVERN

United States Fourth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Tax Law
Threatening statements made to an agent of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, were attempts to intimidate a U.S. employee within...
06/14/2002 01-4728

US v. LOMAX

United States Fourth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure
A conviction for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime was supported by sufficient evidence, where a nexus was...
06/14/2002 01-4487

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