Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Chief Justice is always assigned to the Fourth Circuit as the circuit justice, due to Richmond's close proximity to Washington, D.C. [citation needed] The Fourth Circuit is considered an extremely collegial court. By tradition, the judges of the Fourth Circuit come down from the bench following each oral argument to greet the lawyers. [9] [10]
The thirteenth is the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit which has nationwide jurisdiction over appeals of certain, specific subject matter, for example, patent law. Congress has authorized 179 judgeships, [ 1 ] though the total number of judges will be higher than 179 because of some judges electing senior status.
Each circuit court consisted of two Supreme Court justices and the local district judge; the three circuits existed solely for the purpose of assigning the justices to a group of circuit courts. Some districts (generally the ones most difficult for an itinerant justice to reach) did not have a circuit court; in these districts the district ...
Exclusive: The NC attorney’s endorsements include the N.C. Fraternal Order of Police, N.C. Police Benevolent Association and head of the N.C. Association of Chiefs of Police.
The three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit is set to make a decision on the case of Commissioner Ellen Frost, including whether to hear oral arguments or dispose of ...
The U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the death sentence of a man who killed a state Highway Patrol trooper in Greenville in 2000.
That judgment was then rejected by the full circuit en banc by a vote of 10–5, with Wilkinson now writing for the majority while Agee and Paul V. Niemeyer authored dissents. [17] [18] In June 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States denied review, over the written dissent of Justice Clarence Thomas joined by Neil Gorsuch. [19] [20]
Benjamin, 49, became a 5th Judicial Circuit state judge in 2011. She oversees civil and criminal trials in Richland and Kershaw counties. ... The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals is one of the nation ...