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Decided: June 6, 2012
At the outset, note that the Appellate Court refers collectively to Tire Engineering & Distribution, LLC; Bearcat Tire ARL, LLC; Bcatco A.R.L., Inc.; and Jordan Fishman as “Alpha.” It refers collectively …
Decided: June 5, 2012
Inmate Jonathan Lee Henslee appealed the district court’s dismissal of his complaint for failure to state a claim on which relief can be granted and moved to proceed in forma pauperis …
Decided: May 31, 2012
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed William Roosevelt Cloud’s money laundering convictions applying State v. Santos, 553 U.S. 507 (2008). Cloud’s convictions all stemmed from a complex mortgage-fraud scheme where …
Decided: May 31, 2012
The Delebreaus appealed the district court’s judgment that the one year statute of limitations under the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act barred their claims against Bayview. The sole issue …
Decided: May 25, 2012
Waddell was sentenced to life imprisonment, but sought habeas corpus relief in the Western District of North Carolina, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Waddell claimed that the North Carolina Department …
Decided: May 23, 2012
On appeal to the Fourth Circuit, Defendants challenged their convictions of the crime of piracy and their resulting life-plus-eighty-year sentences. The Fourth Circuit affirmed all of the defendants’ convictions, as well …
Decided: May 22, 2012
Plaintiff Wag More Dogs, LLC, a “doggy daycare” business located in Arlington County, Virginia, (“County”) filed a lawsuit against the County seeking a declaratory judgment and an injunction after the County …
Decided: May 16. 2012
Paulette Etoty appealed the sentence imposed for her convictions of Social Security fraud and aggravated identity theft, specifically challenging the district court’s application of the “vulnerable victim” enhancement under § 3A1.1(b) …
Decided: May 15, 2012
DeLeon appeals his conviction for the murder and assault of Jordan Peterson, asserting that the District Court erred in regards to certain evidentiary issues and in making a factual finding at …
Decided May 14, 2012
In this case the Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s denial of the Defendants’ 12(b)(6) motion, holding that the plaintiff’s adequately alleged that the defendant real estate brokerages conspired to restrain …
Decided: May 14, 2012
Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (“Network”) appealed an order of the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”), which found that Time Warner Cable Inc. (“Time Warner”) provided legitimate and non-discriminatory reasons for declining to carry …
Decided: May 11, 2012
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal in this case for lack of appellate jurisdiction upon rehearing en banc. In the previous panel decision, the Fourth Circuit held that …
Decided: Oct 24, 2011
Defendants were alleged members of the Pagans Motorcycle Club (the “PMC”), a gang located primarily across the East Coast. Floyd Moore was the national vice president of the PMC and a …
Decided: Sept. 8, 2011
The plaintiffs, Liberty University and two individuals, brought suit seeking to enjoin the Secretary of the Treasury from enforcing the “individual” and “employer mandates” in the recently passed Patient Protection and …
Decided Sept. 8, 2011
When President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“Act”), also known as “Obamacare,” into law, the state of Virginia responded by passing the Virginia Health Care Freedom Act …