United States Fourth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

FROELICH v. SENIOR CAMPUS LIVING LLC

Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A
Magistrate judge properly relied on the court-appointed statutory appraisal of defendant company in determining the fair value of plaintiff's interest...

LOVE-LANE v. MARTIN

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff has raised a genuine issue of material fact as to whether she was demoted in retaliation for her protected speech in opposition to race...

HEDIN v. THOMPSON

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
Federal antidiscrimination claims brought by a commissioned officer in the Public Health Service were properly dismissed. Congress has mandated that...

IN RE MICROSOFT CORP. ANTITRUST LITIG.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure
In its pretrial order applying the doctrine of "offensive collateral estoppel" to preclude Microsoft from relitigating factual findings, the district...

A.B. v. LAWSON

Education Law
Public school met the modest requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act by offering plaintiff, who is a learning disabled child,...

US v. HODGE

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant unsuccessfully appeals his convictions and sentence for possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, and possession of...

HILL v. LOCKHEED MARTIN LOGISTICS MGMT., INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
To survive summary judgment, an aggrieved employee who rests a Title VII or ADEA discrimination claim upon the discriminatory motivations of a...

JEFFREYS v. COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AM., AFL-CIO

Labor & Employment Law
District court properly found that the conduct of defendant-union in persuading USAir to modify its furlough system was not arbitrary, discriminatory,...

LINCOLN v. REKSTEN MGMT.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law
In a negligence action brought under section 905(b) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, defendant's vessel might have been...

S. WALLACE EDWARDS & SONS, INC. v. THE CINCINNATI INS. CO.

Contracts, Insurance Law
District court was correct in its construction of the insurance policy and in its view of the evidence; no duty of minimizing damages would require...