United States Fourth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

ROSSIGNOL v. VOORHAAR

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Media Law
Off-duty law enforcement officers' organized efforts to impede distribution of a publication in order to suppress political criticism were perpetrated...

US v. WILSON

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Immigration Law
An alien's collateral attack on a deportation order fails where, even assuming a due process violation occurred, no prejudice was shown. Simple...

US v. MILLER

Sentencing, Health Law, Insurance Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In calculating the amount of loss resulting from a mail fraud for over-billing third-party insurers for services rendered in defendant's medical...

DANIELS v. LEE

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Habeas Corpus
A habeas petitioner convicted of capital murder and related crimes failed to make a substantial showing of the denial of any of his constitutionally...

HAMDI v. RUMSFELD

Constitutional Law, International Law, Military Law
Because a U.S. citizen being detained on American soil was captured in a zone of active combat operations abroad, a Defense Department advisor's...

ROUSE v. LEE

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Although a death row prisoner filed his habeas petition one day late, his claims of a juror's racial and personal bias justify equitable tolling.

HILL v. LOCKHEED MARTIN LOGISTICS MGMT., INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
A former employee proferred 1) direct evidence of sex and age discrimination in statements of her safety inspector, who substantially influenced a...

DEBLASIO v. GILMORE

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
The Prison Litigation Reform Act's filing fee requirements are not applicable to a released prisoner, and his obligation to pay filing fees is...

NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING & DRY DOCK CO. v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMP. PROGRAMS

Admiralty, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
An employee was entitled to continued disability benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, because suitable alternative...

THE SCOTTS CO. v. UNITED INDUS. CORP.

Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Remedies
A preliminary injunction in a Lanham Act false advertising was not warranted where plaintiff's focus group and survey evidence was not sufficiently...