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Decided: November 5, 2012
Singh sought judicial review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“the Board”) denying his application for withholding of removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act (“the INA”) and …
Decided: November 2, 2012
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that Mohamed Ali Samantar is not entitled to head-of-state or foreign official immunity under the common law. Samantar is a former high-ranking government official …
Decided: November 2, 2012
Appellants appealed the district court’s order dismissing their class action complaint in which they claimed that Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP) negligently designed and manufactured a composite building product, Trimboard, designed and marketed …
Decided: October 25, 2012
In this case, the Fourth Circuit upheld the revocation of a federal prisoner’s supervised release and subsequent imprisonment for engaging in criminal activity while on release. The court rejected the defendant’s …
Decided: October 25, 2012
In addressing AU Optronics and LG Display’s (together “Defendants”) separate appeals of the District Court of South Carolina’s decisions to remand their cases to South Carolina state court, the Fourth Circuit …
Decided: October 23, 2012
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Peoples’ conviction for contempt of Judge Currie and reversed his conviction for contempt of Judge Conrad.
Peoples, a former inmate, brought a number of …
Decided: October 22, 2012
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s ruling that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) did not act outside its authority under the Convention on Cultural Property …
Decided: October 18, 2012
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s judgment that granted the Government’s motion to dismiss a challenge to Revenue Ruling 69-59, which limits firearms being sold at out-of-state …
Decided: October 18, 2012
Wilson Medical Center (“WMC”) appealed the Eastern District of North Carolina’s amended order and judgment entered on August 8, 2011, nunc pro tunc March 1, 2011. On appeal, the Court of …
Decided: August 14, 2012
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions of three defendants who were tried together for charges relating to the murder of certain government witnesses, the murder of a co-conspirator, …
Decided: June 14, 2012
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court order dismissing Breton Lee Morgan’s action challenging his exclusion from participating in Medicare, Medicaid, and all other federally sponsored health care …
Decided: September 6, 2012
This case concerned a government petition for civil commitment of a convicted pedophile under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (the Act). The Fourth Circuit remanded the …
Decided: August 30, 2012
On appeal, Timothy Tyrone Horton challenged his conviction for possession of a firearm while a convicted felon and the district court’s sentence of life imprisonment. The Court of Appeals affirmed Horton’s …
Decided: August 22, 2012
Defendant Larry Whitfield appealed his convictions and sentence arising from his role in a failed attempt to rob a bank and a “mid-escape home intrusion” that resulted in the death of …
Decided: August 20, 2012
Westmoreland Coal Company petitioned the Court of Appeals for review after the Benefits Review Board reversed an administrative law judge’s denial of Mae Ann Sharpe’s claim for survivor benefits from her …