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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 …
Decided April 23, 2013
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirms the district court’s convictions of an interventional cardiologist for health care fraud and making false statements in connection with the delivery of or payment …
Decided: April 29, 2013
Affirming the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, the Fourth Circuit held that the federal taxation-of-costs statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1920, allowed E. & J. Gallo …
Decided: April 29, 2013
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on all issues arising out of a dispute over an interconnection agreement entered into by nineteen …
Decided: April 29, 2013
Adley H. Abdulwahab appealed his conviction and sentence for several crimes related to a fraudulent investment scheme. The Fourth Circuit reversed Abdulwahab’s conviction for money laundering, but affirmed the conviction on …
Decided: April 26, 2013
In this federal suit for forfeiture in rem against certain properties the government believed to be derived from health care fraud and involved in money laundering, the Fourth Circuit held that …
Decided April 26, 2013
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the plaintiff’s conviction of conspiracy to possess crack cocaine with the intent to distribute, finding substantial supporting evidence and no error in its pretrial …
Decided: April 26, 2013
The Fourth Circuit granted South Carolina’s petition for review and remanded the case to allow the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education (“USDOE”) to provide South Carolina with notice and …
Decided: April 25, 2013
Affirming the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the Fourth Circuit held that it did not have subject-matter jurisdiction to review the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s (“NGA”) security …