United States Fourth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Holloway v. Pagan River Dockside Seafood, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Admiralty, Civil Procedure
In an action by a seaman under the Jones Act alleging negligence by his employers, the district court's grant of a motion to dismiss for lack of...

Republic Franklin Insurance Co. v. Albemarle County School Baord

Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by an insurer for a declaratory judgment that it owed no duty to defend or indemnify its insured in an action commenced by the insured's...

Shenandoah Valley Network v. Capka

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Transportation
In a suit by a group of environmental and preservation organizations challenging the Federal Highway Administration's and the Virginia Department of...

US v. Oregon

Asset Forfeiture, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a challenge by two states to a criminal forfeiture proceeding involving seizure from escrow accounts established for the benefit of states in which...

Wachovia Securities, LLC v. Brand

Attorney's Fees, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
On a motion to confirm an arbitration award in favor of former employees who asserted that their former employer's claims against them were frivolous,...

Anderson v. US

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act alleging that the plaintiff received negligent medical care at a VA hospital,...

BP Products North America, Inc. v. Stanley

Property Law & Real Estate, Contracts
In an action by a seller of land seeking to enforce a restrictive covenant in a deed, the district court's order granting summary judgment to the...

Boitnott v. Corning Inc.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by a maintenance engineer against his employer asserting that the employer violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to...

In re McCormick

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In bankruptcy proceedings in which a bank sought repayment of a loan that it claimed was secured by a deed of trust on two contiguous parcels of the...

US v. Sarwari

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In a prosecution for willfully and knowingly making a false statement on a passport application, the conviction is affirmed, where: 1) the district...