United States Fourth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Juvenile Male

Criminal Law & Procedure, Juvenile Law
In a criminal matter in which a seventeen year old was charged as a delinquent and arrested for involvement in a "conspiracy to participate in a...

US v. Vidacak

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Immigration Law, Military Law
Conviction for making materially false statements orally and on immigration applications, specifically failing to report military service in the Army...

Pressley v. Tupperware Long Term Disability Plan

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Insurance Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's claim against defendant-insurance company for failure to respond to a request for information, in contravention of the...

Forrester v. Penn Lyon Homes, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Property Law & Real Estate
Denial of defendant-construction company's motion to stay court proceedings and compel arbitration is affirmed where: 1) before moving to compel...

US v. Myers

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A sentence for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon is affirmed where: 1) a repeal of an assault-weapon ban had no effect on the post-repeal...

US v. Murphy

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Convictions for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and hydromorphone and possession of counterfeit currency, are affirmed over a...

US v. Fields

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a sentencing appeal arising when, during a resentencing proceeding, a district court committed an oversight as to a fine, which it then corrected a...

Pitt County v. Hotels.com, L.P.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Cyberspace Law, Government Law, Tax Law
In a county's putative class action brought against a number of online travel companies for failure to pay the county's hotel occupancy tax, dismissal...

M.S. v. Fairfax County Sch. Bd.

Administrative Law, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law
In a case involving the application of the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA), a ruling denying reimbursement for disabled child's...

WV Ass'n of Club Owners & Fraternal Servs., Inc. v. Musgrave

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Gaming Law, Government Law, Remedies
In a suit seeking invalidation of West Virginia's restrictions on limited video lottery advertising, brought by an association composed of clubs,...