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Decided May 17, 2013
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s denial of plaintiffs’ requested disability accommodation to their homeowners’ association policy (the HOA). The court also affirmed the district court’s denial of defendant’s request …
Decided: May 29, 2013
Affirming the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the Fourth Circuit held that petitioners had standing to challenge the constitutionality of a residency requirement for petitions and also held …
Decided: May 16, 2013
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the decision of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia concerning an insured party’s ability to stack Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist (“UM/UIM”) coverage. The district …
Decided: May 10, 2013
The Fourth Circuit dismissed an appeal of a preliminary injunction granted by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina against the Piedmont Behavioral Healthcare (“PBH”) and …
Decided: May 19, 2013
The Fourth Circuit held that prison inmate Jerome Williams had no clearly established constitutional right to visitation, therefore granting Warden Willie Eagleton qualified immunity from monetary damages for suspending Williams’s visitation …
Decided: May 15, 2013
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.
Four Environmental groups (collectively, the “Environmentalists”) commenced this action, against the U.S. Army Corps of …
Date Decided: May 13, 2013
The Fourth Circuit vacated the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) final order of removal of Ali Sina Karimi with instructions to reinstate Karimi’s asylee status.
Karimi is a citizen of …
Decided: May 10, 2013
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the bankruptcy court’s confirmation orders stripping off junior liens against debtors’ residences. The Chapter 13 bankruptcy trustee (the “Trustee”) challenged the confirmation orders. However, …
Decided: May 9, 2013
The Fourth Circuit vacated the decision of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, finding that the court abused its discretion by ordering Nicole Grant to adhere …
Decided: May 6, 2013
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.
Baldwin began working for the City of Greensboro (the “City”) as the Solid Waste Division …
Date Decided: May 3, 2013
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal of a complaint against four banks located outside the United States for lack of personal jurisdiction.
Plaintiff John Doe, a Virginia resident, …
Decided May 1, 2013
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the district court’s order requiring the defendant to pay restitution for all property stolen and damaged as a result of his house burglary.
On …
Decided: April 29, 2013
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina that found that Springer was ineligible for civil commitment because the government had failed to prove …
May 2, 2013
Reversing the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the Fourth Circuit held that administrative remedies had been constructively exhausted under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) when the Drug Enforcement …
Decided: May 1, 2013
Reversing and remanding the decision of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the district court erred in failing to …