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Decided: June 6, 2014
The Fourth Circuit held that it lacked jurisdiction to consider Appellees’ and Appellant’s interlocutory appeals and, thus, dismissed the appeals.
Appellees previously worked as security investigators in Appellant GEICO’s Claims Department, …
Decided: June 6, 2014
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina and held that: 1) a defendant’s false representation of himself as a certified public accountant …
Decided: June 6, 2014
The Fourth Circuit affirmed Taylor’s convictions for two counts of Hobbs Act robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a) and one count of using a firearm in furtherance of a …
Decided: June 5, 2014
The Fourth Circuit held that the district court erred by treating the defendant’s 2009 conviction for fourth degree burglary as a “crime of violence” for the purposes of determining his base …
Decided: June 3, 2014
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s inclusion of the Appellant’s two court-martial convictions as violent felonies for purposes of armed career criminal status under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). Therefore, increasing …
Decided: June 2, 2014
The Fourth Circuit held that the pre-trial identification process used to identify the appellant was not impermissibly suggestive, and even if it were unduly suggestive, that the witness’s identification of appellant …
Decided: June 2, 2014
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s holding that a program to subsidize the participation of a new power plant in the federal wholesale energy market is preempted by the Federal …
Decided: May 15, 2014
The Fourth Circuit held that the district court abused its discretion on its evidentiary rulings as viewed in their totality due to its inadequate adoption of safeguards to avoid the substantial …
Decided: May 13, 2014
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s decision holding that Liberto did not have valid discrimination or retaliation claims under Title VII and 42 U.S.C. §1981, based on an isolated incident …
Decided: May 5, 2014
The Fourth Circuit held that the district court abused its discretion by denying the motions to withdraw as council, and, thus, vacated these denials and remanded the decision.
Respondent-Appellant was civilly …
Decided: May 5, 2014
The Fourth Circuit held that the state post-conviction court’s failure to apply a Remmer presumption of prejudice over external juror communication and failure to investigate Barnes’ juror misconduct claim were unreasonable …
Decided: April 29, 2014
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the Defendant’s conviction on count one, a conspiracy charge, but vacated the sentencing court’s restitution award to Erie Insurance because it found that Erie did not qualify …
Decided: April 29, 2014
The Fourth Circuit held that the warranty companies could not proceed in federal court because the claims required the joinder of necessary and indispensable parties under the Federal Rules of Civil …
Decided: April 16, 2014
The Fourth Circuit held that the district court order that sealed litigation records violated the public’s right to access under the First Amendment, and that the district court abused its discretion …
Decided: May 15, 2014
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s civil commitment of the defendant to the custody of the United States Attorney General when the district court found that he was a sexually …