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Fourth Circuit Issues Nonprecedential Disposition in Appeal No. 25-7002

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit filed a nonprecedential opinion in No. 25-7002 on August 31, 2026. Because the disposition is expressly nonprecedential, its practi...

Fourth Circuit Issues Nonprecedential Disposition in Appeal No. 25-7002

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit filed a nonprecedential opinion in No. 25-7002 on August 31, 2026. Because the disposition is expressly nonprecedential, its practi...

Case Summaries: Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (July 2026)

This post summarizes criminal law and related cases released by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals during July of 2026. Cases of potential interest to state practitioners are summ...

Case Summaries: Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (June 2026)

This post summarizes criminal law and related cases released by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals during June of 2026. Cases of potential interest to state practitioners are summ...

4th Circuit weighs in on FMLA interference claim

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on qualified immunity in an FMLA interference claim involving an assistant commonwealth’s attorney in Virginia. The post 4th Circuit wei...

Fourth Circuit rejects Trump administration’s bid to re-detain pro-Palestinian Georgetown scholar

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the Trump administration's attempt to re-detain Georgetown scholar Badar Khan Suri in Virginia. The post Fourth Circuit rejects...

Immigration – Immigration judge wrongly denied petitioner opportunity to present argument

Where the immigration judge gave the petitioner no reasonable opportunity to present evidence or argument on her claim for cancellation as it pertained to third country removal, it...

Fourth Circuit Issues Nonprecedential Disposition in Appeal No. 25-4369

The Fourth Circuit’s August 12, 2026 disposition in Nonprecedential Opinion, No. 25-4369, appears to be a routine unpublished appellate ruling, but it still offers a useful reminde...

Fourth Circuit upholds order protecting houses of worship from ICE

A Trump administration policy that gives immigration officers free rein to carry out enforcement actions at or near the houses of worship was blocked again today by the U.S. Court...

In Win for Gilead, Fourth Circuit Affirms Injunction Blocking Drug Importation Scheme

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a preliminary injunction in a decision on August 13 barring Meritain Health, Inc., ProAct, Inc., Rx Valet, LLC, Advanced P...

US appeals court affirms injunction blocking immigration enforcement at houses of worship

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a preliminary injunction Tuesday barring the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from conducting immigration enforcemen...

Fourth Circuit Issues Nonprecedential Disposition in Appeal No. 25-4369

The Fourth Circuit’s August 12, 2026 disposition in Nonprecedential Opinion, No. 25-4369, appears to be a routine unpublished appellate ruling, but it still offers a useful reminde...

Fourth Circuit Nonprecedential Opinion Signals Limits of Appellate Reach

The Fourth Circuit’s September 1, 2026 disposition in Nonprecedential Opinion, No. 26-4129, is designated nonprecedential, which immediately matters for how lawyers should read and...

Fourth Circuit Nonprecedential Opinion Signals Limits of Appellate Reach

The Fourth Circuit’s September 1, 2026 disposition in Nonprecedential Opinion, No. 26-4129, is designated nonprecedential, which immediately matters for how lawyers should read and...

4th Circuit revives ADA failure-to-accommodate claim

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has revived a former employee’s failure-to-accommodate claim, finding that a jury could conclude that the employer should have considered reas...

Criminal – Former chief of police convicted of sex trafficking of a minor

Where the defendant argued his attorney’s representation posed an unwaivable conflict, but his motion for a new trial was filed too late, and he repeatedly consented to the attorne...

Employment – Failure to accommodate claim proceeds to trial

Where the evidence suggested a man who could no longer work as a pest control technician following a workplace accident could have performed the essential functions of customer ser...

US appeals court rules Trump cannot implement mail-in voting order

The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against implementing President Trump's mail-in voting order in 23 states, citing constitutional concerns. The post US appeals court rule...

Appeals – Circuit court dismisses appeal filed in wrong court

Where a party noted an appeal to the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond from a Virginia Department of Health Professions order suspending its Virginia registration, but then fil...

Civil Procedure – Court abstains from interfering with pending state proceeding

Where a company filed this federal court suit seeking to stop a state administrative proceeding and an administrative subpoena, the court abstained from interfering with the ongoin...

4th Circ. Won't Undo Block Of Gilead-Branded Drug Imports

The Fourth Circuit on Thursday refused to undo a lower court's order in a trademark suit that blocked a vendor, used by health plans to cut medication costs, from importing Gilead-...

Late Arrival- Fourth Circuit Remands After Mootness Raised for First Time on Appeal

Vanity plates protected under First Amendment

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Virginia vanity plates are private speech protected under the First Amendment, not government speech. The post Vanity plates protec...

Civil Rights – Officer prevails in fatal shooting suit

Where an officer fatally shot a man who repeatedly failed to obey commands while holding a weapon, his use of lethal force was objectively reasonable. The post Civil Rights – Offic...