United States Fourth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Elson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In an obstruction of justice prosecution, the restitution portion of Defendant's sentence is affirmed, where 1) the District Court-s application of...

Shipbuilders Coun. of Am. v. U.S. Coast Guard

Administrative Law, Admiralty, Remedies
In a challenge to the Coast Guard's regulatory scheme governing the issuance of coastwide endorsements to vessels, an order enjoining the regulations...

Brooks v. Rothe

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging a wrongful arrest, the dismissal of Plaintiff's claims on qualified immunity grounds is affirmed, where...

Lindsay v. Yates

Property Law & Real Estate
In an action alleging racial discrimination in the sale of real property, summary judgment for Defendants is reversed, where a prima facie case of...

Townes v. Jarvis

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a habeas petition claiming that a parole ineligibility determination violated petitioner's due process and equal protection rights, denial of the...

Pueschel v. Peters

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an action alleging interference with plaintiff's application for workers' compensation benefits, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where:...

Lefkoe v. Jos. A. Bank Clothiers

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Securities Law
In an appeal from a Massachusetts district court's order modifying a protective order issued by a Maryland District Court to allow disclosure of a...

US v. Andrews

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a firearm possession prosecution, denial of defendant's motion to suppress the firearm seized from his house is affirmed where there was a...

Mirant Potomac River, LLC v. EPA

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law
In a petition for review of the EPA's approval of Virginia's Clean Air Interstate Rule State Implementation Plan, the petition is dismissed where...

Calhoun v. US Dep't of Labor

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a petition for review of the Department of Labor's determination that petitioner's employer did not discharge him for complaining about violations...