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Decided: July 31, 2013
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the decision of the Benefits Review Board, awarding benefits to the estate of Dallas Owens.
Before developing a severe breathing disorder, Owens worked in West Virginia coalmines …
Decided: July 31, 2013
The Fourth Circuit Court considered a former employer’s challenges to attorneys’ fees and other related fees awarded under the Black Lung Benefits Act (the BLBA), 30 U.S.C § 901 through 945. …
Decided: July 25, 2013
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the order of the United States District Court of the District of Maryland denying Defendant Terrence Smith’s ineffective assistance of counsel motion finding that under a more …
Decided: July 25, 2013
The Fourth Circuit held that the Town of Nags Head, North Carolina (“the town”) did not violate the due process or equal protection rights of the owners of six beachfront cottages …
Decided: July 23, 2013
The Fourth Circuit held that, under the Supremacy Clause, the Lowcountry Immigration Coalition (“the Coalition”) had an implied right of action allowing them to seek enjoinment of South Carolina’s Act 69 …
Decided: July 23, 2013
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia’s Order dismissing Plaintiffs’ complaint for failure to state a claim because the alleged injuries arose out of or …
Decided: July 22, 2013
The Fourth Circuit reversed the district court’s judgment granting Defendant’s petition on his claim of ineffective assistance based on his counsel’s failure to call an expert in eyewitness identification, and affirmed …
Decided: July 22, 2013
The Fourth Circuit held that the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to consider a petition brought by a detained ship and its owner for release because the United States Coast …
Decided: July 19, 2013
The Fourth Circuit reversed Defendant Joe Lanning’s (“Defendant”) conviction and remanded for a judgment of acquittal as a result of his involvement in a sting operation targeting gay men. The Defendant …
Decided: July 19, 2013
The Fourth Circuit held that the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (“the district court”) improperly granted a qualified reporter’s privilege to James Risen (“Risen”) under the …
Decided: July 17, 2013
Finding that the district court’s criminal sentence was neither procedurally nor substantively unreasonable, the Fourth Circuit affirmed.
Yooho Weon (“Weon”) was charged with five counts of willfully evading corporate income tax …
Decided: July 17, 2013
The Fourth Circuit held that the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina properly considered the government’s motion for an upward departure under section 4A1.3 of the …
Decided: July 17, 2013
The Fourth Circuit denied the National Labor Relations Board’s (the “NLRB”) application for enforcement of two bargaining orders because it found that the Obama Administration’s recess appointments to the NLRB violated …
Decided: July 17, 2013
American Home Realty Network (“AHRN”) and Metropolitan Regional Information Systems, Inc. (“MRIS”) both operate an online multiple listing service (“MLS”). MRIS brought suit against AHRN, arguing that AHRN’s unauthorized use of …
Decided: July 17, 2013
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s judgment entered in favor of Plaintiff Richard Bunn, who slipped and fell on Defendant’s ship, under § 5(b) of the Longshore …