United States Fourth Circuit - January 2014 Opinion Summaries

Clark v. Absolute Collection Service

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
Dismissal of plaintiffs' putative class action under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) alleging that defendant's collection notice...

McCray v. Maryland Department of Transportation

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's employment discrimination suit is: 1) vacated in part and remanded, where plaintiff's complaint alleges discriminatory...

Drager v. PLIVA USA, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law
The district court's denial of plaintiff's request to amend her complaint and its dismissal of her state common law tort claims against defendant for...

US v. Bishop

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's conviction under the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) for attempting to export small-arms ammunition to Jordan without a license is...

US v. Bridges

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's conviction of traveling in interstate commerce and knowingly failing to update his sex offender registration is affirmed, where the...

Montgomery County v. Federal National Mortgage Association

Banking Law, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) are exempt from the payment of state...

Cobra Natural Resources, LLC v. Federal Mine Safety & Health Review

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
A petition for review of a decision of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission temporarily reinstating a coal miner, who had previously...

North Carolina Utilities Commission v. FERC

Administrative Law, Public Utilities
In a challenge to incentives granted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to a Virginia electric power company (VEPCO) to encourage...

US v. Zayyad

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's conviction of five felony counts relating to the sale of counterfeit prescription drugs is affirmed, where: 1) the district court...

Summers v. Altarum Institute, Corporation

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-employer in an action alleging disability discrimination and failure to accommodate is reversed and remanded, where: 1)...