United States Fourth Circuit - Opinion Summaries
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Sierra Club v. National Park ServiceUnited States Fourth Circuit
Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas LawVacated 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, LLCUnited States Fourth Circuit
Government Law, AgricultureHeld 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. ZookUnited States Fourth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, SentencingVacated 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 BoardUnited States Fourth Circuit
Water Law, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas LawDenied 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 LawAffirmed 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. SteeleUnited States Fourth Circuit
Sentencing, Criminal Law & ProcedureVacated 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 ServiceUnited States Fourth Circuit
Oil and Gas Law, Government Law, Environmental LawVacated 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, NCUnited States Fourth Circuit
Labor & Employment Law, Civil Rights, Insurance LawAffirmed 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 EducationUnited States Fourth Circuit
Civil Rights, Education LawAffirmed 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, LLCUnited States Fourth Circuit
Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real EstateAffirmed 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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