Subject Matter Jurisdiction
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Fourth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Prisoners’ Complaint for Mootness
By John Van Swearingen On March 24, 2017, the Fourth Circuit issued a published opinion in the prisoner civil rights… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Data Breach Lawsuit for Lack of Subject-Matter Jurisdiction
By John Van Swearingen On February 6, 2017, the Fourth Circuit issued a published opinion in the civil case Beck… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Vacates Dismissal of Declaratory Judgment for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction
By Mike Stephens On Monday, November 21, 2016, the Fourth Circuit issued a published opinion in Pressl v. Appalachian Power Company, a civil case.… Read More
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Government Contractor Defense Now Available in Failure to Warn Cases
By M. Allie Clayton On November 1, 2016, in the civil case of Ripley v. Foster Wheeler, LLC, a published… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Reverses Lower Court’s Sua Sponte Consideration of Diversity Jurisdiction
By Daniel Stratton Today, March 21, 2016, the Fourth Circuit issued a published opinion in the civil case Jane Doe… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Holds that Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Discretionary Decisions and Regulations Cannot Subject the Government to Suit Under the Federal Tort Claims Act
By Whitney Pakalka On February 25, 2016, in the civil case of Pornomo v. United States, the Fourth Circuit issued… Read More
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FCTA’s Discretionary Function Exception Applies to the Placement and Handling of Prisoners, According to Fourth Circuit
By Daniel Stratton On December 29, 2015, the Fourth Circuit affirmed in part, and reversed in part, a district court’s dismissal… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Claims by Target of Assassination Attempt
By Patrick Southern On March 25, the Fourth Circuit released a published opinion in the civil case of Johnson v. American… Read More
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No Subject Matter Jurisdiction: Property Settlement Agreements Fall Within the Domestic Relations Exception
By Carson Smith On February 12, 2015, the Fourth Circuit, in an unpublished opinion, affirmed the District Court of South… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Holds that the District Court had Subject Matter Jurisdiction to Decide the Merits of a False Claims Act Claim
By Taylor Ey Today, the Fourth Circuit issued its decision in a published opinion in the civil case of United States… Read More
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Personal Injury Suit Dismissal Affirmed
By Evelyn Norton Today, in Demetres v. East Construction, Inc., the Fourth Circuit affirmed a decision by the U.S. District… Read More
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Court Retains Subject Matter Jurisdiction over Employee’s “Reasonably Related” Retaliation Claim Against University
By Kelsey Kolb On September 24, in Hentosh v. Old Dominion University, the Fourth Circuit affirmed the United States District… Read More