| Description | Date | Docket # |
|---|---|---|
State of Maryland v. Universal Elections, IncorporatedUnited States Fourth Circuit
Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Elections
Summary judgment to the plaintiff-state on its claim that defendants violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by failing to identify the...
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08/28/2013 | 12-1791 |
Town of Nags Head v. ToloczkoUnited States Fourth Circuit
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The district court's decision to abstain from deciding federal and state law claims concerning the legality of efforts by the plaintiff-town to...
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08/27/2013 | 12-1537 |
US v. JacksonUnited States Fourth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's conviction for drug trafficking is affirmed, where: 1) evidence was pulled from two bags of trash from a trash can located behind the...
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08/26/2013 | 12-4559 |
US v. Cabrera-UmanzorUnited States Fourth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Immigration Law
The sentence imposed on defendant following his guilty plea to unlawful re-entry of a removed alien after an aggravated felony conviction, which...
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08/26/2013 | 11-4621 |
Waugh Chapel South, LLC v. United Food and Commercial WorkersUnited States Fourth Circuit
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of plaintiffs' action under the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA) alleging that defendants orchestrated fourteen separate legal...
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08/26/2013 | 12-1429 |
US v. BartkoUnited States Fourth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Securities Law, White Collar Crime
Defendant's convictions and sentence for multiple charges related to mail fraud and securities fraud are affirmed, where the district court: 1) did...
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08/23/2013 | 12-4298 |
Miller v. USUnited States Fourth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Petitioner's conviction for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon is vacated and remanded, with instructions for the district court to grant...
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08/21/2013 | 13-6254 |
US v. CarthorneUnited States Fourth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Enhanced sentence based on "career offender" status under the Sentencing Guidelines is affirmed where although assault and battery of a police...
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08/13/2013 | 11-4870 |
Santos v. Frederick County Board of CommissionersUnited States Fourth Circuit
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
Summary judgment to defendants in plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against defendants alleging that defendant-deputies violated her Fourth...
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08/07/2013 | 12-1980 |
Ackerman v. ExxonMobil CorporationUnited States Fourth Circuit
Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A district court order abstaining from exercising jurisdiction in a putative class action alleging several state law causes of action for the...
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08/07/2013 | 12-1103 |