United States Fourth Circuit - November 2003 Opinion Summaries

US v. WARDRICK

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Convictions and sentence for violating 18 U.S.C. section 922(g)(1) and 26 U.S.C. section 5861(d) are affirmed over claims of Forth Amendment...

ODOM v. S. CAROLINA DEP'T OF CORR.

Constitutional Law
The District Court's summary judgment ruling on behalf of the defendants is vacated and remanded where there was sufficient evidence, on behalf of the...

US v. HYLTON

Criminal Law & Procedure
Finding no reversible error, judgment of the district court is affirmed with respect to defendant's motion to suppress, right to counsel and coercive...

US v. STOCKTON

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Convictions arising out of a heroin trafficking conspiracy are affirmed where the evidence was sufficient to support the jury's guilty verdict, and...

MARINO v. PIONEER EDSEL SALES, INC.

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In an action for attorney fee's arising out of work plaintiff had done on a class action suit, the district court's order denying such fees is...

BAILEY v. KENNEDY

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
The district court's denial of qualified immunity and public officers' immunity is affirmed where the police officers defendants violated clearly...

ROBINSON v. GLYNN

Securities Law
The district court's dismissal plaintiffs federal securities fraud action is affirmed where plaintiff was an active and knowledgeable executive,...

US v. LAWRENCE

Sentencing
Sentence affirmed where the district court's upward departure was an appropriate response to the court-s finding that defendant's criminal history...

NLRB v. TRANSPERSONNEL, INC.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
Application for enforcement granted in part and denied in part where evidence supports a finding that defendant unlawfully solicited only two of its...