United States Fourth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Fontanez v. O'Brien

Habeas Corpus, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a habeas corpus action seeking release from the Bureau of Prisons' (BOP) voluntary Inmate Financial Responsibility Program (IFRP), the district...

Severn Peanut Co. v. Industrial Fumigant Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Contracts
In a contract action arising after a fire arising after defendant's attempted fumigation of plaintiff's peanut dome damaged the structure and...

Tommy Davis Construction, Inc. v. Cape Fear Public Utility

Public Utilities, Government Law, Construction
In an action seeking a refund of plaintiff construction company's impact fees collected by defendant New Hanover County, North Carolina, for water and...

Ortega v. Lynch

Immigration Law
In an immigration action, the Board of Immigration Appeals decision denying petitioner's request for asylum and withholding of removal are reversed...

Gray v. Zook

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a habeas corpus case, the district court's dismissal of the petition is affirmed where: 1) The Supreme Court of Virginia's resolution of...

Lorenzo v. Prime Communications

Labor & Employment Law, Class Actions, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In an a consolidated employment action seeking wages for unpaid overtime work under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C . section 201 et seq., and...

Hernandez-Zavala v. Lynch

Immigration Law
In an immigration action, the Board of Immigration Appeal's decision that petitioner had committed a crime of domestic violence making him ineligible...

Class v. Towson University

Sports Law, Education Law, Civil Rights
In an action challenging defendant Towson University's refusal to allow plaintiff to return to playing football after he suffered a near-death...

CoreTel Virginia, LLC v. Verizon Virginia, LLC

Remedies, Contracts
In a contract dispute over damages for plaintiff CoreTel's refusal to pay defendant Verizon during the course of previous litigation over their...

Eastern Ass'n Coal Corp.v.Dir. Office of Workers' Comp. Programs

Workers' Compensation
In a workers' compensation action challenging an administrative law judge (ALJ)'s grant of black lung benefits to Arvis R. Toler, the petition for...