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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 4th Circuit dismissed their case based on a 2017 ruling by that same court that had upheld Maryland's ban after concluding that, under the Supreme Court's 2008 precedent, assault weapons are ...
The Supreme Court denied certiorari on June 28, 2021, with Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissenting, leaving the decision of the Fourth Circuit intact. [32] In August 2021, a settlement was announced under which the district agreed to pay the student $1.3 million for his legal fees.
The Fourth Circuit's opinion had ruled that the statutory language was ambiguous and applied the Chevron doctrine, meaning that the IRS's regulatory ruling was given deference. However, in the Supreme Court's majority ruling, this Court remarked that "had Congress wished to assign that question to an agency, it surely would have done so expressly."
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]
(The Center Square) – Arguments are scheduled in the North Carolina Supreme Court in two weeks and the election for Seat 6 on its bench remains undecided. A litigation addendum to the Nov. 5 ...
Penaranda, 375 F.3d 238 (2d Cir. 2004), [13] as a result of the Supreme Court's decision in Blakely v. Washington, [14] but the Supreme Court dismissed the question. [15] The last instance of the Supreme Court accepting a set of questions and answering them was in 1982's City of Mesquite v. Aladdin's Castle, Inc. [16]
Vannoy, and oral arguments were held on December 2, 2020. [13] On May 17, 2021, the Supreme Court ruled that the Ramos jury-unanimity rule does not apply retroactively on federal collateral review. [14] Subsequently, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled in December 2022 that the Ramos decision should be applied retroactively to cases within the state ...