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It begins with cases decided in 1880; pre-1880 cases were later retroactively compiled by West Publishing into a separate reporter, Federal Cases. The fourth and current Federal Reporter series publishes decisions of the United States courts of appeals and the United States Court of Federal Claims; prior series had varying scopes that covered ...
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]
Backun v. United States, 112 F.2d 635 (4th Cir. 1940): Examined mental element for complicity in a crime. United States v. Morlang, 531 F.2d 183 (4th Cir. 1975): Standard for abuse of FRE 607. Dettmer v. Landon, 799 F.2d 929 (4th Cir. 1986): Wicca reviewed as a religion; no First Amendment violation to deny a Wiccan access to unusual materials.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia also ordered a new trial for Joel Smithers, 41, who has been serving his sentence in an Atlanta prison.
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 ...
A three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals said the North Carolina school did not violate Lonnie Billard’s rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a federal anti ...
West Virginia v. B. P. J., 98 F.4th 542 (2024) is a federal court case in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit regarding the issue of transgender people in sports. The court held that the West Virginia law barring transgender girls and women from participating on girls' and women's sports teams is unconstitutional. [1]
That is, one of the parties in the case could appeal a decision of a court of appeals to the Supreme Court, and it had to accept the case. The right of automatic appeal for most types of decisions of a court of appeals was ended by an Act of Congress, the Judiciary Act of 1925, which also reorganized many other things in the federal court system.