Fourth Circuit Splits 2-1, Follows Narrow Interpretation of “Objectively...
By Taylor Ey Did the District Court Err in Granting Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment for Plaintiff’s Discrimination and Retaliation Claims Brought Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964...
View ArticleFourth Circuit Overturns District Court’s Class Decertification
By Cate Berenato On May 11, 2015, in the published civil case Brown v. Nucor Corp., the Fourth Circuit held that a South Carolina district court erred in decertifying a class of workers who claimed...
View ArticleFourth Circuit Holds that Nassar Does Not Alter “McDonnell Doulgas” Test
By Eric Benedict On May 21, 2015, the Fourth Circuit issued its published opinion in the civil case Foster v. University of Maryland-Eastern Shore. In Foster, the court set out to determine the impact...
View ArticleThe Fourth Circut Finds for a United Airlines Employee on a Title VII Violation
By: Mikhail Petrov On July 1, 2015, in the civil case of Pryor v. United Air Lines, Inc., the Fourth Circuit issued a published opinion vacating the decision of the United States District Court for...
View ArticleFourth Circuit Holds that an Employee May Have More than One Employer for...
By Whitney Pakalka On July 15, 2015, the Fourth Circuit released its published opinion in the civil case of Butler v. Drive Automotive Industries, Inc. The Court reversed the lower court’s grant of...
View ArticleFourth Circuit Rejects “Manager Rule” in Title VII Retaliation Suits
By Eric Benedict On August 10, 2015, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its published opinion in the civil case DeMasters v. Carilion Clinic. In DeMasters, the Fourth Circuit had to decide how...
View ArticleFBI’s Personal Fitness Test Can Have Different Requirments for Men and Women
By: Mikhail Petrov On January 11, 2016, in the civil case of Bauer v. Lynch, the Fourth Circuit held that physical fitness standards suitable for men may not always be suitable for women, and...
View ArticleJudges of the Fourth Circuit – Hon. Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr.
By: Jason Wiener Francis Dominic Murnaghan, Jr. was born in Baltimore, Maryland on June 20, 1920.[1] After he received an undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1941, he served his...
View ArticleWeekly Roundup – 11/12-11/16
By Jim Twiddy and Kayla West United States v. Miguel Zelaya In this criminal case, the Fourth Circuit affirmed the trial court’s convictions of Miguel Zelaya, Luis Ordonez-Vega, Jorge Sosa, and William...
View ArticleWeekly Roundup – 2/3–2/8
By Cole Tipton SummitBridge National v. Faison In this bankruptcy action, SummitBridge National (“National”) appeals the district court’s holding that it is barred from claiming attorney’s fees...
View ArticleWeekly Roundup: 3/18-3/22
By Matthew Hooker Spencer v. Virginia State Univ. In this civil case, the Fourth Circuit affirmed a grant of summary judgment in favor of Virginia State University concerning the...
View ArticleBostock’s Aftermath: Textual Similarity in Federal Statutes Provides...
By Zeliang Mike Liu On June 15, 2020, the Supreme Court issued a landmark 6-3 decision stating that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”) prohibits an employer from firing an...
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