United States Fourth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Mowatt

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction for drug and weapons offenses is reversed and remanded where: 1) requiring defendant to open the door to his apartment constituted a...

US v. McCoy

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Grant of a motion to suppress evidence seized after the detention and search of the defendant in a grocery store parking lot is reversed and remanded...

US v. Chandia

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Convictions and sentence based on conviction for providing material support to terrorists or terrorist organizations is vacated as to defendant's...

Horace Mann Ins. Co. v. Gen. Star Nat'l Ins. Co.

Contracts, Insurance Law
In excess insurance coverage dispute between insurers arising from underlying case involving a student who was sexually abused by a teacher, summary...

Stanford v. Continental Cas. Co.

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA case challenging defendant's denial of long term disability benefits, judgment for defendant is affirmed over claim that defendant's...

Wilson v. Phoenix Specialty Mfg. Co.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), judgment for plaintiff finding that defendant terminated his employment as it...

EEOC v. Fed. Express Corp.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In suit brought on behalf of former package handler for failing to reasonably accommodate his deafness under the ADA, six-figure judgment for...

DIRECTV, Inc. v. Tolson

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Constitutional Law
In suit by providers of satellite television programming alleging that North Carolina's system of taxing multi-channel television programming violates...

US v. Blackstock

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Dismissal of motion under 28 U.S.C. section 2255 as successive is vacated where: 1) the district court recharacterized a previous motion filed by...

US v. Reaves

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition is vacated where an anonymous 911 call from a woman who said she had seen the...