United States Fourth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Brown & Pipkins, LLC v. Service Employees Int'l Union

Labor & Employment Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Attorney's Fees
In a labor dispute involving four arbitration awards involving janitorial employees, the district court's judgment is affirmed where: 1) the...

US v. Robinson

Evidence, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an appeal presenting the question of whether a law enforcement officer is justified in frisking a person whom the officer has lawfully stopped and...

Patterson v. Commissioner of SSA

Government Benefits, Administrative Law
In an issue of first impression involving Social Security disability benefits claims, the district-court order affirming the Social Security...

Metro Machine Corporation v. DOWCP

Government Benefits, Administrative Law, Workers' Compensation
In a petition for review of an order of the Benefits Review Board affirming decisions of an ALJ granting a claim for medical benefits under the...

US v. Blankenship

Criminal Law & Procedure, Oil and Gas Law
In a criminal case arising out of a tragic accident on April 5, 2010 at the Upper Big Branch coal mine in Montcoal, West Virginia, which caused the...

QinetiQ US Holdings, Inc. v. Commissioner of IRS

Tax Law
In a case involving the federal income tax treatment of shares of stock issued to an executive employee, the Tax Court's judgment in favor of the IRS...

US v. Schmidt

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a case in which defendant plead guilty to traveling in foreign commerce and engaging in illicit sexual conduct in violation of 18 U.S.C. section...

Lynch v. Gabriel Jackson

Bankruptcy Law
In an action arising out of a petition for Chapter 7 bankruptcy relief, the bankruptcy court's denial of the Bankruptcy Administrator’s motion to...

Ohio Valley Envt'l Coalition v. Fola Coal Co.

Water Law, Environmental Law
In a suit brought by environmental groups brought this action against a coal company, alleging that the company had violated the Clean Water Act and...

Wood v. US

Injury & Tort Law, Government Law
In a suit brought by a Sheriff's Deputy, who was seriously injured during a training session on a Navy base when she jumped from a training structure...