U.S. Fourth Circuit

The investigation and case against alleged would-be Trump assassin Ryan Wesley Routh is ongoing. While information is still coming to light, we now know several important details. The FBI is treating the case as an assassination attempt. Routh apparently scouted the area and was there for…

The Fourth Circuit recently upheld the conviction of an Atlanta rapper Kenneth Watkins, who argued that the inclusion of his rap lyrics about drugs unfairly prejudiced the jury in his trial. The upshot is that there is now another thumb on the scale in favor of admitting…

With increasing frequency, federal courts are ruling in favor of plaintiffs who challenge state-law restrictions on the availability or coverage for medications and treatments sought by transgender patients. Two major appellate decisions have favored trans employees whose state employers sought to exclude their care from their health…

The U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and seven other federal circuits protect the right to record police. But in a recent decision, the Fourth Circuit takes that protection further, finding that livestreaming is also a protected activity under the First Amendment.

Huntington and Cabell County alleged that the three distributors failed to maintain controls that would have prevented the oversupply of addictive substances like Oxycodone. At trial, attorneys for McKesson argued that holding the companies liable would "force distributors to second-guess doctors' prescribing decisions."

A federal appeals court has found that a North Carolina school's dress code violated female students' constitutional rights. From its opening in 2000, Charter Day School enforced a strict dress code requiring female students to wear skirts, jumper skirts, or skorts exclusively. Until recently, this strict guideline was upheld regardless of the girls' personal comfort with wearing skirts. Needless to say, male students were allowed to wear pants or shorts.