United States Fourth Circuit - July 2008 Opinion Summaries

S. Carolina Dept. of Disabilities & Special Needs v. Hoover Universal, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In product liability actions seeking damages from defendant's sale of defective trusses and sheathing, an order vacating summary judgment rulings for...

Nourison Rug Corp. v. Parivizian

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Debt Collection
In an action brought by plaintiff-rug manufacturer to recover on a debt guaranteed by defendant, ruling and grant of summary judgment for plaintiff is...

Sartin v. Macik

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
A state default judgment, entered as a penalty for a party's failure to comply with a North Carolina court's discovery order, does not have collateral...

Wilson v. Johnson

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claiming that plaintiff was entitled to monetary damages for unconstitutional imprisonment because Virginia improperly...

NLRB v. B. A. Mullican Lumber and Mfg. Co.

Administrative Law, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
NLRB's application for enforcement of a decision ordering respondent-employer to recognize union is denied, and employer's cross-petition for review...

Turner v. City Council of the City of Fredericksburg

Constitutional Law, Government Law
In an action alleging violation of plaintiff's First Amendment rights arising from the imposition of a city policy requiring that legislative prayers...