United States Fourth Circuit - March 2009 Opinion Summaries

US v. Basham

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Defendant's capital murder conviction is affirmed, where: 1) a juror improperly contacted the media but the government rebutted the resulting...

Brown v. Hovatter

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law
In an Equal Protection, Due Process and Commerce Clause challenge to a state regulation of funeral establishments, judgment for Plaintiffs is...

In re DNA Ex Post Facto Issues

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In an Ex Post Facto clause challenge to South Carolina's DNA sampling requirement, summary judgment for Defendants is affirmed in part, where the...

US v. Thompson-Riviere

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
Defendant's conviction for reentry into the U.S. following removal is vacated, where Defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea on the ground that...

Valuepest.com of Charlotte, Inc. v. Bayer Corp.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation
In an antitrust action for resale price maintenance in the pesticide industry, summary judgment for Defendants is affirmed, where the agency...

US v. Perry

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Defendant's drug conviction is affirmed, where the search warrant's mention of controlled substances and firearms made it sufficiently particular....

Consulting Eng'rs. Corp. v. Geometric Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Contracts
In a breach of contract action based on the wrongful hiring of Plaintiff's employee, the dismissal of the complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction...

Van Alstyne v. Electronic Scriptorium, Ltd.

Cyberspace Law, Remedies
In an action under the Stored Communications Act (SCA) for unlawfully accessing Plaintiff's personal e-mail account, judgment for Plaintiff is...

Robinson v. Equifax Info. Servs., LLC

Attorney's Fees, Consumer Protection Law
In a Fair Credit Reporting Act action based on errors by Defendant credit bureau, judgment for Plaintiff is affirmed where Plaintiff offered...

Media Gen'l. Ops., Inc. v. NLRB

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a petition for review of an NLRB decision that Petitioner-Employer wrongfully terminated an employee who denigrated his superior, the petition is...