Writing for a unanimous panel, Circuit Judge Agee, joined by Judges Quattlebaum and Rushing, held Tuesday that a Virginia middle school assistant principal did not violate the Fourth Amendment when he searched a 13-year-old student's phone for sexually expl...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit overturned a district court's preliminary injunction that would have required West Virginia to provide religious exemptions to its compulsory school vaccination requirements, ruling that the state's public he...
Circuit Judge Thacker, joined by Chief Judge Diaz and Judge King, on Monday denied Wolf Run Mining Company's petition challenging a $250,000 black lung benefits award, holding that the company 'provided no rationale as to why coal dust-induced lung disease...
Writing for a unanimous panel on Tuesday, Chief Judge Diaz, joined by Circuit Judges Rushing and Heytens, affirmed a district court's ban on legal pornography for a repeat supervised release violator, explaining that 'pornography ignites a chain reaction of...
Senior Circuit Judge Floyd, joined by Judges Harris and Benjamin, on Thursday vacated a preliminary injunction that allowed four college football players to compete for West Virginia University despite NCAA eligibility restrictions, finding that the distric...
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 a former reseller, finding the claims were precluded by a settlement agreement d...
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 settlement agreement that dismissed "all possible claims and counterclaims," ca...
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 conditions and what the district court orally announced at sentencing, ruling that warr...
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 federal 340B drug pricing program by 'impermissibly' reshaping 'the contractual barg...
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 pharmacies, ruling the state 'seeks—likely impermissibly—to reshape the contractual b...
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 medications to unlimited contract pharmacies, holding the state law likely intrudes on...
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 and fearing for their safety if he were acquitted created impermissible external...
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 erroneously found the Virginia plaintiff had 'no possibility' of success against an in-sta...
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 Disabilities Act claim, ruling that the allegations pointed to 'deliberate indifferenc...
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-capacity magazines, with Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III declaring that "the Constitu...
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 sentence of one year or longer may be imposed" because "twelve calendar months a...
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, rejecting a Honduran immigrant's bid to avoid removal by arguing twelve months is...
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, ruling the servicemembers lacked standing because their injuries from violations...