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Sierra Club v. National Park Service

United States Fourth Circuit
Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law
Vacated actions taken by two federal agencies that provided necessary approvals for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. When the Fish and Wildlife Service...
08/06/2018 18-1082

US Tobacco Cooperative Inc. v. Big South Wholesale of Virginia, LLC

United States Fourth Circuit
Government Law, Agriculture
Held that the United States should be substituted as a party defendant in a lawsuit in which two defendants were tobacco industry businesspeople who...
08/03/2018 17-2070

Porter v. Zook

United States Fourth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Vacated the lower court's denial of habeas relief in a death penalty case where the defendant alleged juror bias. The defendant, who was convicted in...
08/03/2018 16-18

Sierra Club v. State Water Control Board

United States Fourth Circuit
Water Law, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law
Denied a legal challenge filed by environmental groups seeking to prevent the construction of a natural gas pipeline across part of Virginia. The...
08/01/2018 17-2406

Griffin v. Hartford Life and Accident Ins. Co.

United States Fourth Circuit
ERISA, Insurance Law
Affirmed that an insurance company did not improperly terminate an individual's long-term disability benefits. A former medical transcriptionist who...
07/31/2018 17-1251

US v. Steele

United States Fourth Circuit
Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Vacated a restitution order imposed against a postal employee who had pleaded guilty to mail theft. The postal employee, who had stolen video games...
07/27/2018 17-4580

Sierra Club, Inc. v. U.S. Forest Service

United States Fourth Circuit
Oil and Gas Law, Government Law, Environmental Law
Vacated federal agency decisions approving construction of a natural gas pipeline through a national forest. Several environmental groups challenged...
07/27/2018 17-2399

Hunter v. Town of Mocksville, NC

United States Fourth Circuit
Labor & Employment Law, Civil Rights, Insurance Law
Affirmed in part and reversed in part a judgment that three police officers were terminated because they blew the whistle on what they viewed as...
07/26/2018 17-1374

T.B., Jr. v. Prince George's County Board of Education

United States Fourth Circuit
Civil Rights, Education Law
Affirmed that a school district did not deprive a former student of his rights under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The student...
07/26/2018 17-1877

Berkley v. Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC

United States Fourth Circuit
Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Affirmed that the district court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction over a constitutional challenge to the Natural Gas Act. Landowners along the path...
07/25/2018 18-1042

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