4th Circuit (incl. bankruptcy)

The Fourth Circuit jurisdiction is one of the larger US Districts, in terms of the states which fall under its jurisdiction. The Federal Circuit Court for the District is the Lewis F. Powell Jr. Courthouse, which is located in Richmond, VA.

The districts and states which fall under the Fourth Circuit and appeals heard by the Federal Circuit Courthouse includes: District of Maryland, Eastern/Middle/Western Districts of North Carolina, District of South Carolina, Eastern/Western Districts of Virginia, and Northern/Southern Districts of West Virginia.

The district courts in each of the states/territories are the US District Court of Maryland in Baltimore,  the Eastern District Court of N. Carolina in Raleigh, the Middle District  in Greensboro, and the Western District of N. Carolina is in Charlotte. The District of S. Carolina is in Columbia. The Eastern District Court of Virginia is in Alexandria, and the Western District Court is in Roanoke, VA. In W. Virginia the Northern District Court is in Wheeling and Southern District in Charleston, WV.

There are currently 15 active judges and 3 senior judges who sit on the Fourth Circuit bench. Roger L. Gregory is currently the Chief Judge appointed to head the Federal Circuit Court for the Fourth District. As with the other Circuits, seats are filled and appointments made for new judges in the order which they were filled.

A famous case from the circuit is Zeran v. America Online (1997). In this case the court determined the immunity of ISPs for wrongs committed by their users under Section 230(c)(1) of the Communications Decency Act. The court held the CDA provided “federal immunity to causes of action which would make service providers liable for information originating from third-party users.” The court found that allowing plaintiff’s claims would release a floodgate for freedom of speech litigation, with the new wave of online/internet activity by third-party users under ISP service agreements.

Cases and content covered by the National Law Review from the Fourth Circuit includes: writs of mandamus, certiorari, Habeas Corpus (including custody and release of prisoners), appeals from tax cases, En Banc Determinations, NLRB decision appeals, bankruptcy proceedings, motions for relief, judgment, or final orders, and reviews of enforcement or agency orders. Further, our website often covers news and updates about federal appointments, judges stepping down, agency announcements, and general news which comes out of the Fourth District Federal Court, and local state court systems.

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Jan
21
2014
Fourth Circuit Finds $24 Million False Claims Act Penalty Not Excessive Even Where No Damages Proven at Trial Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
3
2016
Fourth Circuit Finds Nurses Are Not Supervisors – Could Unionize Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Oct
7
2015
Fourth Circuit First to Examine Providers’ Billing Claims in False Claims Act Liability Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Oct
16
2013
Fourth Circuit Gives Mayweather a Knock-Out on Flawed Damages Evidence Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Apr
27
2012
Fourth Circuit Gives Rosetta Stone Another Chance to Prove its AdWords Case Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Jun
16
2022
Fourth Circuit Grants Summary Judgment to Defendant in Driver Privacy Litigation Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
9
2017
Fourth Circuit Hands Victory to Lenders in Chapter 13 Mortgage Case Ward and Smith, P.A.
Aug
26
2022
Fourth Circuit Holds ADA Protections Cover Gender Dysphoria Vedder Price
Aug
17
2023
Fourth Circuit Holds Catch-and-Release Fishing Not Regulated by Federal Clean Water Act ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jun
28
2017
Fourth Circuit Holds Complaining Employee is not Protected From Termination if Employer Terminates Her Because It Believed Her Complaint was Fabricated Mintz
Jan
10
2016
Fourth Circuit Holds Consequential Damages Exclusion Bars $19 Million Fire Loss Claim Poyner Spruill LLP
Apr
3
2024
Fourth Circuit Holds Federal Tax-Exempt Status Does Not Subject Private Independent School to Title IX Responsibility Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Aug
31
2022
Fourth Circuit Holds Gender Dysphoria is a Protected Disability Under the ADA Mintz
Apr
21
2022
Fourth Circuit Holds Magistrate Judge Jurisdiction Does Not Require Absent Class Members’ Consent Foley & Lardner LLP
Mar
21
2014
Fourth Circuit Holds Minority-Owned Corporation Can Bring Race Discrimination Suit Katten
Jan
10
2024
Fourth Circuit Holds Per-Se Rule Does Not Apply in Bid-Rigging Case McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
28
2022
Fourth Circuit Holds Regulatory Notice of Violation Insufficient to Bar Private Party Clean Water Act Citizen Enforcement ArentFox Schiff LLP
Feb
4
2019
Fourth Circuit Holds Reinsurance Participation Agreement Is Insurance Contract Under Virginia Statute, Effectively Voiding Its Arbitration Clause Carlton Fields
Jun
12
2013
Fourth Circuit Holds State Agencies Operated by Market Participants Are Private Actors for State Action Purposes Mintz
May
19
2014
Fourth Circuit Holds Supreme Court’s Janus Ruling Not Applicable in Criminal Cases Faegre Drinker
Oct
4
2013
Fourth Circuit Holds that Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (ABC) Regulation Cannot Prohibit Advertising in All College Newspapers McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
19
2019
Fourth Circuit Holds That Arbitrator Exceeded Powers Carlton Fields
Sep
14
2022
Fourth Circuit Holds That Gender Dysphoria is Protected Under the ADA Hunton Andrews Kurth
Sep
25
2014
Fourth Circuit Holds That Insurer Waived Right to Rescind Commercial Property Policy Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
22
2021
Fourth Circuit Holds that Mine Not Liable Under Surface Mining Act When CWA Permit Shield Applies Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jun
17
2021
Fourth Circuit Holds that the Federal Arbitration Act Does Not Prohibit Parties from Waiving Appellate Review Hunton Andrews Kurth
Aug
29
2022
Fourth Circuit Holds the Americans with Disabilities Act Covers Gender Dysphoria Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Sep
13
2016
Fourth Circuit Issues Ruling Interpreting False Claim Act Whistleblower Amendments Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
11
2016
Fourth Circuit Joins Sixth Circuit In Applying Strict Scrutiny To Gun Restriction Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
4
2021
Fourth Circuit La(t)ches On to Timeliness of § 43(a) Lanham Act Claims Proskauer Rose LLP
Sep
19
2011
Fourth Circuit Lacks Jurisdiction due to the Tax Anti-Injunction Act Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Feb
24
2017
Fourth Circuit Leaves Undisturbed a District Court Decision Against the Use of Statistical Sampling, and Holds that the United States Has the Unfettered Power to Veto FCA Settlements Faegre Drinker
May
30
2014
Fourth Circuit Offers Detailed Guidance on Use of Experts to Establish Copyright Damages on Summary Judgment for Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Feb
21
2017
Fourth Circuit Offers New Test for Joint Employment Under FLSA Mintz
Apr
7
2016
Fourth Circuit OK's FBI's Gender-Based Physical Fitness Standards Under Title VII Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
 

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