United States Fourth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Wikimedia Foundation v. NSA/CSS

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a complaint challenging Upstream surveillance, an electronic surveillance program operated by the National Security Agency pursuant to the Foreign...

Hope v. Cartledge

Habeas Corpus, Criminal Law & Procedure
Denial of petition for writ of habeas corpus relief is affirmed where petitioner has failed to meet his high burden of establishing that the PCR court...

Waag v. Sotera Defense Solutions, Inc.

Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging that plaintiff's former employer violated the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), 29 U.S.C. section 2601 et seq., by not...

US ex rel. Badr v. Triple Canopy, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Government Law
In a qui tam suit on remand from the United States Supreme Court, the prior Court of Appeals' decision is affirmed where, applying Universal Health...

US v. Hale

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction of of transporting stolen property in interstate commerce, knowing the goods to have been stolen, of conspiring to do the same, of making...

Dreher v. Experian Information Solutions

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law
In an appeal of a class action judgment, hinging on whether the decision of credit reporter-defendant to list a defunct credit card company, rather...

Barton v. Constellium Rolled Products

Labor & Employment Law, Class Actions
In a class action filed by class of retirees and their union after their former employer unilaterally altered its retiree health benefits program, the...

Dillon v. BMO Harris Bank, N.A.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Contracts
In a case involving the enforceability of an arbitration agreement included in the terms of a 'payday loan' obtained over the internet, alleging that...

US v. Riley

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
In defendant's challenge to his designation as a career offender under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, the sentence is affirmed where his prior...

Carlson v. Boston Scientific Corp.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a suit alleging that a transvaginal mesh product manufactured by defendant injured plaintiff and that defendant failed to warn of risks associated...