South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Lund v. Rowan County, N.C. (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-154-17, 108 pp.) (Wilkinson, J.) No. 15-1591, July 14, 2017; USDC at Greensboro, N.C. (Beaty, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A divided 4th Circuit upholds a decision declaring unconstitutional North Carolina county commissioners’ ...

Tagged with: prayer

Buxton v. Kurtinitis (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-151-17, 20 pp.) (Floyd, J.) No. 16-1826, July 7, 2017; USDC at Baltimore, Md. (Motz, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: Although the director of admissions for a community college radiation therapist program said plaintiff applicant ...

Tagged with: Free Speech

Ansley v. Warren (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-143-17, 18 pp.) (Wilkinson, J.) No. 16-2082, June 28, 2017; USDC at Asheville, N.C. (Cogburn, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: Plaintiffs, including same-sex couples who are either engaged or married, cannot rely on taxpayer standing ...

Tagged with: gay marriage magistrate exemption

Safar v. Tingle (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-127-17, 31 pp.) (Wilkinson, J.) No. 16-1420, June 7, 2017; USDC at Alexandria, Va. (Ellis, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A Virginia prosecutor and a police officer have qualified immunity in this suit alleging they ...

Tagged with: Immunity

Wikimedia Foundation v. National Security Agency (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-115-17, 46 pp.) (Diaz, J.) No. 15-2560, May 23, 2017; USDC at Baltimore, Md. (Ellis, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A split 4th Circuit panel vacates dismissal of plaintiff Wikimedia Foundation’s lawsuit ...

Tagged with: Wikimedia

G.G., by his next friend and mother v. Gloucester County School Board (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-084-17, 5 pp.) No. 16-1733, April 7, 2016. Holding: Upon consideration of the unopposed motion to vacate preliminary injunction, the court vacates the preliminary injunction ...

Tagged with: transgender

Heyer v. U.S. Bureau of Prisons (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-051-17, 43 pp.) (Traxler, J.) No. 15-6826, Feb. 23, 2017; USDC at Raleigh, N.C. (Dever, J.) 4rh Cir. Holding: A profoundly deaf plaintiff detained as a sexually dangerous person wins remand ...

Tagged with: deaf

Kolbe v. Hogan (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-050-17, 116 pp.) (King, J.) No. 14-1945, Feb. 21, 2017; USDC at Baltimore, Md. (Blake, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: The en banc 4th Circuit upholds Maryland’s Firearm Safety Act of 2013, which bans the ...

Tagged with: weapons

Crouse v. Town of Moncks Corner (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-045-17, 24 pp.) (Wilkinson, J.) No. 16-1039, Feb. 15, 2017; USDC at Charleston, S.C. (Houck, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A police chief has qualified immunity from this civil rights suit filed ...

Tagged with: police

Hamilton v. Pallozzi, Sup’t of Md. State Police (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-044-17, 26 pp.) (Floyd, J.) No. 16-1222, Feb. 17, 2017; USDC at Baltimore, Md. (Bredar, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: Although a Virginia convicted felon who now works as a ...

Tagged with: Gun Rights