North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

SAS Institute, Inc. v. World Programming Ltd. (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-189-17, 34 pp.) (J. Harvie Wilkinson III, J.) No. 16-1808; Oct. 24, 2017; USDC at Raleigh, N.C. (Louise Flanagan, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A software developer can pursue its claim ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice

American Humanist Association v. Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-188-17, 48 pp.) (Stephanie Thacker, J.) (Roger Gregory, C.J., concurring in part & dissenting in part) No. 15-2597; Oct. 18, 2017; U.S.D.C. at Greenbelt, Md. 4th Cir. ...

Tagged with: First Amendment

Borzilleri v. Mosby (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-187-17, 13 pp.) (J. Harvie Wilkinson III, J.) No. 16-1751; Oct. 17, 2017; USDC at Baltimore, Md. (J. Frederick Motz, S.J.) 4th Cir. Holding: Since assistant state’s attorneys implement the policies of their elected ...

Tagged with: Constitutional

Lucero v. Early (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-186-17, 10 pp.) (Stephanie Thacker, J.) No. 16-1767; Oct. 13, 2017; USDC at Baltimore, Md. (J. Frederick Motz, S.J.) 4th Cir. Holding: In Ross v. Early, 746 F.3d 547 (4th Cir. 2014), this court ...

Tagged with: Freedom of Speech

Siena Corp. v. Mayor & City Council of Rockville Maryland (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-185-17, 17 pp.) (J. Harvie Wilkinson III, J.) No. 16-1732; Oct. 13, 2017; USDC at Greenbelt, Md. (Roger Titus, S.J.) 4th Cir. Holding: Although plaintiff bought land ...

Tagged with: Constitutional

United States v. Salmons (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-184-17, 10 pp.) (J. Harvie Wilkinson III, J.) No. 16-4316; Oct. 12, 2017; USDC at Charleston, W.Va. (Thomas Johnston, C.J.) 4th Cir. Holding: At the time of defendant’s West Virginia conviction for aggravated ...

Tagged with: sentencing

Fawzy v. Wauquiez Boats SNC (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-183-17, 10 pp.) (Paul Niemeyer, J.) No. 16-2311; Oct. 12, 2017; USDC at Baltimore, MD (Richard Bennett, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: Roughly an hour before the district court entered its order granting ...

Tagged with: Admiralty

EQT Production Co. v. Wender (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-179-17, 32 pp.) (Harris, J.) No. 16-1938, Aug. 30, 2017; USDC at Charleston W.Va. (Copenhaver, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A West Virginia county’s local ordinance prohibiting the disposal of wastewater from plaintiff ...

Tagged with: Wastewater

U.S. v. Torrez (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-178-17, 91 pp.) (Thacker, J.) No. 14-1, Aug. 28, 2017; USDC at Alexandria, Va. (O’Grady, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A 4th Circuit panel upholds defendant’s conviction for first-degree murder in the 2009 killing of ...

Tagged with: evidence

U.S. v. Brown (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-177-17, 27 pp.) (Duncan, J.) No. 16-7056, Aug 21, 2017; USDC at Charleston, S.C. (Duffy, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A drug defendant sentenced as a career offender under the federal sentencing guidelines cannot show ...

Tagged with: Residuals