United States Fourth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Etoty

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A sentence for Social Security fraud and aggravated identity theft is affirmed, where: 1) there was no error in the two-prong test the district court...

US v. DeLeon

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
Conviction and sentence for second-degree murder are affirmed, where: 1) statements made by the victim, the defendant's eight-year-old stepson, to a...

Harman Mining Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, DOL

Administrative Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a case in which an administrative law judge (ALJ) found that a man suffered disabling obstructive lung disease arising out of his work as a coal...

TCR Sports Broadcasting Holding, L.L.P. v. FCC

Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Media Law
In a case in which a sports programming network alleged that a cable television operator engaged in unlawful discrimination in violation of section...

Robertson v. Sea Pines Real Estates Cos., Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In two consolidated putative class actions brought by purchasers of real estate brokerage services in South Carolina, alleging that the real estate...

Al Shimari v. CACI International, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law
In suits by former prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, alleging that the defendant prison contractors and certain of their employees were liable...

Couch v. Jabe

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a suit by a Sunni Muslim incarcerated in a state correctional facility, alleging that prison officials violated the Religious Land Use and...

Dan Ryan Builders, Inc. v. Nelson

Construction, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In an action against a homebuilder seeking damages for certain alleged defects in the construction of a home, the Fourth Circuit certifies the...

US v. Jones

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a prosecution for possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of controlled substances, the district court's denial of a motion to suppress is...

US v. Darrin Davis

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A sentence is affirmed, as it was proper for the district court to consider sentencing factors other than the defendant's substantial cooperation with...