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4th Cir. Opinion & Analysis


2010

Fourth Issues Important Attorney's-Fees Ruling
- Posted 5/19/2010

Fourth Reverses First-Amendment Ruling on Campus Papers
- Posted 4/9/2010


2009

Fourth Issues First-Impression Fees Ruling
- Posted 12/7/2009

Fourth Issues Significant Post-Iqbal Ruling
- Posted 12/3/2009

Fourth Circuit Jettisons Blackwelder
- Posted 8/6/2009

Fourth Circuit Suppresses Evidence of Seized Gun
- Posted 4/30/2009


2008

Fourth Rejects Congressman's Appeal
- Posted 11/12/2008

E-Filing Now Mandatory in Fourth Circuit
- Posted 6/2/2008

Fourth Rules on Credit Reporting Act Appeal
- Posted 5/14/2008

Fourth Circuit Reinstates EEOC Suit
- Posted 3/31/2008


2007

Fourth Strikes Down Virginia's Open Primary Law
- Posted 10/1/2007

New Guilty Plea Ruling
- Posted 9/5/2007

Fourth Circuit Issues Enemy Combatant Opinion
- Posted 6/11/2007

Busy Day at the Fourth
- Posted 4/16/2007


2006

Inmates Win RLUIPA Appeals
- Posted 12/29/2006

New ERISA Ruing Goes Against Plan Adm'r
- Posted 10/23/2006

Preemption, Remand Opinion from Fourth
- Posted 8/24/2006

Objective Pain Evidence Unnecessary for SSI
- Posted 7/11/2006

Important Injunction Ruling
- Posted 6/28/2006

Fourth Circuit Vacancy News
- Posted 5/22/2006

FMLA Isn't a Job Guarantee
- Posted 4/27/2006

Nonsignatory Can't Compel Arbitration
- Posted 4/25/2006

Think You Know What "Plain View" Means?
- Posted 4/11/2006

Cert. Denied in Padilla Appeal
- Posted 4/3/2006

Police Get QI Despite Raiding Wrong Dorm Room
- Posted 3/29/2006

Moussaoui Musings, Rulings
- Posted 3/22/2006

Two Rulings on Arrestees' Rights
- Posted 3/14/2006

Habeas Ruling Based on Mental Retardation
- Posted 3/10/2006

Newspaper Loses Access Fight with Governor
- Posted 2/15/2006

Fourth Rules Against Titanic Salvors
- Posted 1/31/2006

Fourth Defines "Prisoner"
- Posted 1/18/2006

Two Victories for Employees
- Posted 1/17/2006

No Bivens Action Against Private Prison Employees
- Posted 1/12/2006

Blakely Objection Preserves Booker Argument
- Posted 1/3/2006


2005

4th Refuses Padilla Transfer Request
- Posted 12/21/2005

Rulings on ยง1988 Fees, Immunity
- Posted 12/12/2005

4th Issues ERISA, Criminal Rulings
- Posted 11/28/2005

4th Issues Clean Water Act Ruling
- Posted 11/21/2005

Driving on a Closed "Highway"
- Posted 10/21/2005

No Arbitration in Homeowner's Dispute
- Posted 9/29/2005

4th Issues Soc. Sec. Att'y Fee Ruling
- Posted 8/15/2005

State Secrets Doctrine Bars Suit
- Posted 8/3/2005

4th Circuit Affirms Sealing of Files
- Posted 8/1/2005

One Conspirator, One Conspiracy
- Posted 6/20/2005

ADA, Rehab Act Claims Survive 11th Amendment Defen
- Posted 6/13/2005

Analysis of RMCW v. Hicks
- Posted 6/4/2005

When State Agengies Quibble Over Dollars
- Posted 4/7/2005

New 4th Circuit Ruling on Terry Stops
- Posted 3/24/2005

New Sec. 1983 Ruling from Fourth
- Posted 2/2/2005

 
         
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