Fourth Circuit
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Fourth Circuit Axes NCAA JUCO Rule Injunction, Slams 'Improper' Analysis
A Fourth Circuit panel Thursday vacated a West Virginia federal judge's preliminary injunction blocking the NCAA's 'JUCO Rule' that counts junior college time against Division I...
Fourth Circuit Nixes Trademark Claims Under 'All Possible Counterclaims' Settlement
The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a South Carolina federal magistrate's summary judgment ruling that barred Clear Touch Interactive's trademark infringement claims against...
Fourth Circuit Affirms 'Buyer's Remorse' Settlement Agreement Bars IP Claims
The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a South Carolina federal magistrate judge's ruling that an interactive technology company's trademark infringement claims were barred by a...
Fourth Circuit Nixes 'Material Discrepancy' In Supervised Release Terms, Orders Resentencing
A Fourth Circuit panel on Tuesday vacated a North Carolina woman's drug sentence after finding a 'material discrepancy' between the written judgment's supervised release conditi...
Fourth Circuit Slams West Virginia 340B Law As 'Impermissible' Federal Interference
A Fourth Circuit panel on Tuesday affirmed a federal judge's preliminary injunction against West Virginia's S.B. 325, ruling the state law likely interferes with Congress's fede...
Fourth Circuit Slams West Virginia 'Attempt' To Reshape Federal Drug Bargain
A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a preliminary injunction blocking West Virginia's law requiring 340B program manufacturers to deliver drugs to unlimited contract pharm...
Fourth Circuit Nixes West Virginia Law Targeting 340B Drug 'Bargain'
A Fourth Circuit panel Tuesday affirmed a preliminary injunction blocking West Virginia's attempt to force drugmakers participating in the federal 340B program to deliver medica...
Fourth Circuit Nixes Habeas Relief Over Juror's 'Fear' Comments
A Fourth Circuit panel affirmed Sunday a West Virginia federal judge's denial of habeas relief to a sex abuse convict who claimed a juror's statements about knowing his family a...
4th Circuit Nixes 'Fraudulent Joinder' Finding, Says Wage Retaliation Claim Has 'Possibility'
A Fourth Circuit panel on Tuesday vacated a federal judge's dismissal of an employment retaliation lawsuit against two Virginia supervisors, ruling the district court erroneousl...
Fourth Circuit Nixes Prisoner's ADA Claim Construction in 'Essential Grievance' Ruling
The Fourth Circuit on Monday affirmed a Virginia federal judge's decision not to construe a pro se prisoner's medical accommodation complaint as stating an Americans with Disabi...
Fourth Circuit Rejects Felon's Second Amendment Challenge, Affirms 'Large Capacity' Sentencing
A Fourth Circuit panel on Thursday rejected a convicted felon's constitutional challenge to federal gun possession laws and upheld enhanced sentencing for weapons with large-cap...
Fourth Circuit Axes Honduran Man's 'Twelve Months Is Not One Year' Defense
A Fourth Circuit panel on Tuesday rejected a Honduran man's immigration cancellation bid, ruling that a crime carrying a maximum 12-month sentence qualifies as one "for which a...
Fourth Circuit Nixes Honduran Immigrant's 'One Year' Argument
A Fourth Circuit panel Thursday ruled that Virginia's 12-month maximum penalty for identity fraud constitutes 'a sentence of one year or longer' under federal immigration law, r...
Fourth Circuit Nixes Servicemembers' Claims Against Maryland Officials Over 'Relief Act' Violations
A Fourth Circuit panel on Tuesday vacated and remanded a decision that had allowed active-duty servicemembers to pursue damages claims against Maryland Supreme Court justices, r...