United States Fourth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Rooks

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Conviction of defendant for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and sentence of 360 months' imprisonment are affirmed where: 1) the...

In Re: Grand Jury Subpoena (T-112)

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Sanctions
District court's decision holding twelve corporations, interrelated for-profit and not-for-profit corporations suspected of participating in the...

US v. Thompson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
District court's judgment revoking defendant's supervised release and sentencing him to 18 months' imprisonment is vacated and remanded as the...

Gao v. Holder

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Immigration Law
BIA's denial of Chinese petitioner's applications for withholding of removal and asylum based on her conviction for unlawful export of technology to...

Culosi v. Bullock

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiffs' 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against a police officer and others for the fatal shooting of an optometrist, whom the police were...

Raymond James Fin. Servs. Inc. v. Bishop

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
A decision vacating an arbitration panel's award of compensatory damages in favor of three financial advisors arising from their claims of wrongful...

Universal Concrete Prod. Corp. v. Turner Constr. Co.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts
In plaintiff-subcontractor's breach of contract suit against a general contractor for refusing to pay $885,507 to the plaintiff for substantial work...

Appleby v. Warden, N. Reg'l Jail & Corr. Facility

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Denial of a petition for habeas relief, brought by an individual convicted of drunk-driving offenses and sentenced to life imprisonment is affirmed as...

US v. Munn

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
District court's denial of defendant's motion for a reduced sentence under 18 U.S.C. section 3582(c)(2) is vacated and remanded where: 1) the...

US v. Stewart

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
District court's denial of defendant's motion for sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. section 3582(c)(2) is vacated and remanded as, when a defendant...