Title VII
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Bostock’s Aftermath: Textual Similarity in Federal Statutes Provides Opportunity for Huge Step Forward in LGBTQ+ Rights
By Zeliang Mike Liu On June 15, 2020, the Supreme Court issued a landmark 6-3 decision stating that Title VII… Read More
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Weekly 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… Read More
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Weekly 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… Read More
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Weekly 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… Read More
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Judges 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… Read More
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FBI’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… Read More
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Fourth 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… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Holds that an Employee May Have More than One Employer for Purposes of Title VII
By Whitney Pakalka On July 15, 2015, the Fourth Circuit released its published opinion in the civil case of Butler… Read More
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The 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… Read More
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Fourth 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… Read More
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Fourth 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… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Splits 2-1, Follows Narrow Interpretation of “Objectively Reasonable Belief” Standard in Employer Retaliation Cases
By Taylor Ey Did the District Court Err in Granting Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment for Plaintiff’s Discrimination and Retaliation… Read More