United States Fourth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Doe v. Blair

Civil Procedure
In a civil procedure appeal, the district court's sua sponte remand of the underlying case to state court is reversed and remanded where the district...

Raynor v. Pugh

Constitutional Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action, brought by an inmate at Virginia's Sussex II State prison alleging that defendant officials violated his Eighth...

Matherly v. Andrews

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a habeas corpus action, challenging petitioner's prior civil commitment as a "sexually dangerous person" under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and...

Pac Tell Group, Inc. v. NLRB

In a labor action challenging the NLRB's conclusion that four employees were not supervisors within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act,...

US v. Ragin

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a habeas corpus action, the district court’s denial of the petition is reversed and the court held that a defendant is deprived of his Sixth...

Providence Hall Associates Ltd. P’ship v. Wells Fargo Bank

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Banking Law
In a lender liability action, brought by plaintiff against defendant Wells Fargo following default on an interest-rate-swap transaction previously...

ACLU v. Tennyson

Constitutional Law
In a constitutional action challenging North Carolina's specialty license plate program for issuing a "Choose Life" license plate without offering a...

Groves v. Communication Workers of America

Labor & Employment Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Communications Law, Contracts
In a labor and employment action, arising after plaintiffs were terminated from AT&T Mobility and filed against their former employer and defendant...

Peabody Holding Co. v. United Mine Workers of America

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In an arbitration case, the district court’s grant of summary judgment to defendant union, confirming the merits of an arbitrator’s liability...

Moses v. Joyner

Habeas Corpus, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a habeas corpus action, the district court’s denial of petitioner’s motion for relief from judgment under F.R. Civ. Pro 60(b)(6) is affirmed where:...