United States Fourth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Bouchat v. K-Mart Corp.

Civil Procedure, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Sports Law
In copyright infringement cases arising out of the design and use of the logo for the Baltimore Ravens football team, summary judgment for plaintiff...

Novell, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law
On cross appeals from interlocutory orders in an antitrust action, denial of Microsoft's motion to dismiss claims alleging injury to competition in...

In re: Cotton Yarn Antitrust Litig.

Agriculture, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a class action brought by purchasers of cotton and poly-cotton yarn against various North Carolina manufacturers of the yarns, alleging that the...

Miller v. Brown

Constitutional Law, Elections
In a suit against a state elections board claiming that an open primary law was both facially unconstitutional and unconstitutional as applied to the...

In Re: Lockheed Martin Corp.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Insurance Law
In case involving insurance coverage dispute and the right to a jury trial in an admiralty case, petition for writ of mandamus challenging order...

Fernandez v. Keisler

Immigration Law
Petition for review challenging order of removal is denied as petitioner does not qualify as a national of the U.S. under the BIA's interpretation of...

Henry v. Purnell

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In case where defendant deputy sheriff attempted to use a Taser to stop plaintiff from fleeing arrest but mistakenly drew his firearm and shot...

Catawba Indian Tribe of S.C. v. City of Rock Hill

Constitutional Law, Contracts, Indian Law
In suit alleging that a recently enacted city ordinance impaired contracts previously entered into by the parties for the construction of water...

Doe v. Kidd

Government Benefits, Health Law
In case involving application for Medicaid services from the state of South Carolina made by plaintiff with developmental disabilities including...

US v. Saunders

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Conviction and sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm are affirmed where: 1) a key witness's identification of defendant as one of the...