Appellate Law News and Insights

On March 4, 2024, the Supreme Court vacated the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals' judgment in a case challenging Virginia Tech's bias intervention and response team policy, instructing the court to dismiss the case as moot. The Fourth Circuit decided the case in the university's favor last May,1 adding to a...

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently reversed a summary judgment in favor of a police officer who had been sued for an unreasonable seizure under the Fourth Amendment arising out of an incident that had resulted in the shooting death of a pet dog. According to...

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On January 18, 2024, the California Supreme Court issued a highly anticipated decision in Estrada v. Royalty Carpet Mills, Inc., determining whether trial courts can dismiss Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) claims as unmanageable. The Court ultimately concluded that dismissing PAGA claims solely on manageability grounds — even if those claims...

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