United States Fourth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Bennett

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for parole violations is affirmed where: 1) Tapia v. US applies to resentencing on revocation of supervised release in addition...

AU Optronics Corp. v. State of S. Carolina

Class Actions, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure
In a State of South Carolina's suit against manufacturers of liquid crystal display panels, alleging price-fixing conspiracy in violations of the...

US v. Peoples

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's conviction for two counts of criminal contempt in his section 1983 suit against prison officials is: 1) affirmed as to the first...

Ancient Coin Collectors Guild v. U.S. Customs & Border Prot.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, International Law
In a coin dealer's suit against, inter alia, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the U.S. Department of State, challenging the seizure of...

Hire Order Ltd. v. Marianos

Government Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
In plaintiff's facial challenge to the Revenue Ruling 69-59, which limits the ability of federal firearms licensees to sell firearms at out-of-state...

Glynne v. Wilmed Healthcare

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
District court's amended order and judgment entered August 8, 2011, nunc pro tunc March 1, 2012, to allow the plaintiff to refile her state-law claims...

Morgan .v Sebelius

Government Law, Health Law, Administrative Law, Government Benefits
In a physician's appeal of the decision of the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services excluding him for five years...

US v. Wooden

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
The district court's dismissal of the government's petition to commit defendant as a "sexually dangerous person," under the civil-commitment...

US v. Horton

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's conviction for possession of a firearm while a convicted felon, is affirmed, as any error in failing to appoint substitute counsel at the...

US v. Whitfield

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
Defendant's sentence and convictions stemming from his role in a bank robbery and a mid-escape home intrusion, which ended in the victim's death, is...