United States Fourth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Evans

Criminal Law & Procedure
The district court order to allow involuntary medication of an incompetent defendant is vacated where the district court erroneously concluded that...

Pension Benefit Guar. v. Beverley

Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a suit for unfunded benefits liability under ERISA, the district court did not err when it concluded that the doctrines of res judicata and...

US v. Lemaster

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for mail fraud is affirmed over his claim that his waiver of his right to attack his conviction and sentence collaterally was...

Metric/Kvaerner Fayetteville v. Federal Ins. Co.

Insurance Law
In an insurance dispute, the district court erred in ruling that plaintiff's claims were barred since it incorrectly concluded that plaintiff failed...

NLRB v. Air Contact Transport, Inc.

Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful termination dispute, judgment in favor of plaintiff is affirmed where defendant-employer had an improper motive when it deterred...

Virginia Office for Prot. v. Reinhard

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
In an action brought under 42 U.S.C.A. section 1983, the award of attorneys' fees to plaintiff-Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy is reversed...

Lovitt v. True

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Death row inmate raises four meritless points of error on direct appeal.

Phillips v. Congelton

Bankruptcy Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, International Law
The bankruptcy court properly denied a motion to compel a London arbitration where the arbitration is inconsistent with the purpose of the bankruptcy...

J.S. v. Isle of Wight County Sch. Bd.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law
The district court erroneously held that plaintiff's claim under the Rehabilitation Act is barred on account of his failure to comply with the...

Saldarriaga v. Gonzales

Immigration Law
Plaintiff's petition for review is denied where his claim of fear of reprisal from Colombian drug criminals, for his association with the DEA, is not...