United States Fourth Circuit - June 2005 Opinion Summaries

Brewer v. Nat'l Indem. Co.

Constitutional Law, Insurance Law
The district court erred in finding that plaintiff-administratrix lacked standing to pursue her claim against defendant for the negligent breach of...

US v. T.M.

Criminal Law & Procedure
Dismissal of defendant's juvenile proceeding, for lack of jurisdiction, is reversed where there is a substantial federal interest in his alleged...

Young v. Nickols

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), does not bar plaintiff from invoking 42 U.S.C. section 1983 to assert a claim for damages against defendant-law...

Invention Submission Corp. v. Dudas

Civil Procedure, False Advertising, Intellectual Property, Patent
Plaintiff's action against the Patent and Trademark Office's advertising campaign to counter invention promotion scams is dismissed for lack of...

TNT Logistics v. NLRB

Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff-employer did not commit an unfair labor practice when it fired one of its employees since, given the employee's record of carelessness, it...

US v. Rivera

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendants' convictions for conspiracy to commit premeditated murder are affirmed over their claims that the district court erred by 1) admitting...

Willingham v. Crooke

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 action alleging improper arrest, judgment in favor of defendant-police officer is vacated where the district court erred in...

Hall v. Chrysler Credit Corp.

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection
A creditor is entitled to offset preference payments through the extension of new value to the debtor so long as the debtor does not make an otherwise...

Hill v. PeopleSoft USA

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination claim, denial of plaintiff's motion to compel arbitration is vacated where the district court erred when it looked...

Am. Canoe Ass'n v. Murphy Farms

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
The district court correctly held that plaintiff-citizen groups satisfied the jurisdictional requirements for a citizen suit under section 505(a) of...