Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

The most-cited opinions of the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on UpLaw — 4,335 decisions from 1894–2024, each with its treatment history and the cases that cite it.

• Rose v. Lee 252 F.3d 676 · cited by 6,117
• Rovilma Diamond v. Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company 416 F.3d 310 · cited by 6,080
• David E. Camby v. Larry Davis James M. Lester 718 F.2d 198 · cited by 3,158
• Quintin Orpiano v. Gene M. Johnson, Warden W. P. Rodgers, Asst. Warden (Security) R. A. Clendenen Correctional Corporal 687 F.2d 44 · cited by 2,520
• Garcia Jay Wright v. George Collins, Warden, Maryland Penitentiary Dr. Berry Officer Larry Donnell 766 F.2d 841 · cited by 2,516
• United States v. Edward Lester Schronce, Jr. 727 F.2d 91 · cited by 2,252
• Snyder v. Ridenour 889 F.2d 1363 · cited by 1,666
• Robert Louis Roseboro v. Sam P. Garrison, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Warden of Central Prison 528 F.2d 309 · cited by 1,468
• Republican Party of North Carolina v. Martin 980 F.2d 943 · cited by 1,194
• Edwards v. City of Goldsboro 178 F.3d 231 · cited by 1,173
• Bruce Beaudett v. City of Hampton City Attorneys A. Paul Burton and W. Stephen Moore Judge T.H. Wilson, II and Judge Nelson T. Overton 775 F.2d 1274 · cited by 1,160
• Walter Gordon v. William D. Leeke, Commissioner Joe Martin, Warden, Wayne Stephen Young v. George H. Collins, Warden 574 F.2d 1147 · cited by 1,135
• Jackie L. HAYS, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee 907 F.2d 1453 · cited by 1,099
• Ronda S. CRAIG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee 76 F.3d 585 · cited by 984
• United States v. David C. Hughes, the Office of the Federal Public Defender, Amicus Supporting 401 F.3d 540 · cited by 931
• United States v. Frank Kahled Burgos, United States of America v. Alexio Burnard Gobern 94 F.3d 849 · cited by 901
• Francis v. Giacomelli 588 F.3d 186 · cited by 836
• Bonnilyn Mascio v. Carolyn Colvin 780 F.3d 632 · cited by 815
• Pamela D. Johnson v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security 434 F.3d 650 · cited by 808
• United States v. Nicholas Omar Midgette 478 F.3d 616 · cited by 757
• United States v. Paul Winestock, Jr. 340 F.3d 200 · cited by 755
• Shaw v. Stroud 13 F.3d 791 · cited by 748
• Nemet Chevrolet, Ltd. v. Consumeraffairs. Com, Inc. 591 F.3d 250 · cited by 746
• Charles M. Laws v. Anthony J. Celebrezze, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare 368 F.2d 640 · cited by 736
• United States v. David Allen Hagen Defusco, (Two Cases) 949 F.2d 114 · cited by 722
• Adrian King, Jr. v. Jim Rubenstein 825 F.3d 206 · cited by 720
• United States v. Carter 564 F.3d 325 · cited by 720
• E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Kolon Industries, Inc. 637 F.3d 435 · cited by 700
• Christine Evans v. Technologies Applications & Service Company 80 F.3d 954 · cited by 668
• Juanita Pope Reid v. Ronald J. Angelone, Director 369 F.3d 363 · cited by 665
• Samuel Jackson v. Joseph Lightsey 775 F.3d 170 · cited by 652
• Philips v. Pitt County Memorial Hospital 572 F.3d 176 · cited by 644
• Giarratano v. Johnson 521 F.3d 298 · cited by 623
• In Re Diana R. Beard, (Two Cases) 811 F.2d 818 · cited by 617
• John W. Wilson v. Volkswagen of America, Inc., a New York Corporation and Volkswagenwerk, A. G., a Foreign Corporation, Wolfsburg, Western Germany 561 F.2d 494 · cited by 616
• Stan Laber v. Francis J. Harvey, Secretary of the Army 438 F.3d 404 · cited by 606
• United States v. Lynn 592 F.3d 572 · cited by 604
• Clistie Bell Thomas v. Anthony J. Celebrezze, Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare 331 F.2d 541 · cited by 596
• Iko v. Shreve 535 F.3d 225 · cited by 592
• Albert L. Wilson v. Edward Murray, Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections 806 F.2d 1232 · cited by 583
• Rachel R. Blalock v. Elliot L. Richardson, Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare 483 F.2d 773 · cited by 583
• George Monroe v. Carolyn Colvin 826 F.3d 176 · cited by 578
• United States v. Juan Martinez, A/K/A Jesus Garcia, A/K/A Roberto Gonzalez 277 F.3d 517 · cited by 542
• Christina Jacobs v. N.C. Admin. Office of the Courts 780 F.3d 562 · cited by 532
• Hancock v. Astrue 667 F.3d 470 · cited by 509
• United States v. Christopher Devon Crudup 461 F.3d 433 · cited by 505
• Alva M. Hall v. Patricia R. Harris, Secretary of Health and Human Services 658 F.2d 260 · cited by 494
• Domino Sugar Corporation v. Sugar Workers Local Union 392 of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, an Unincorporated Association 10 F.3d 1064 · cited by 487
• Russell B. Vinnedge v. G. W. Gibbs, Superintendent of Jails, Department of Corrections for the State of Virginia 550 F.2d 926 · cited by 483
• Anthony Martin v. Susan Duffy 858 F.3d 239 · cited by 481
• Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad Company v. United States 945 F.2d 765 · cited by 475
• Arnita SMITH, Appellant, v. Richard S. SCHWEIKER, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Appellee 795 F.2d 343 · cited by 474
• David Adams v. Nathan A. Rice Gary T. Dixon Hazel W. Keith 40 F.3d 72 · cited by 466
• William HUNTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, Etc., Defendant-Appellee 993 F.2d 31 · cited by 463
• United States v. Charles Aaron Green 436 F.3d 449 · cited by 461
• United States v. Rusher 966 F.2d 868 · cited by 454
• Adams v. Bain 697 F.2d 1213 · cited by 450
• United States v. Gerald Wheeler 886 F.3d 415 · cited by 448
• Patricia A. Mastro v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social Security, No 270 F.3d 171 · cited by 445
• Beale v. Hardy 769 F.2d 213 · cited by 442
• Roy Edward Raines v. United States of America, Michael Pasterchik v. United States 423 F.2d 526 · cited by 441
• Coleman v. Maryland Court of Appeals 626 F.3d 187 · cited by 435
• United States v. George R. Blick 408 F.3d 162 · cited by 435
• Gordon Goines v. Valley Community Services Board 822 F.3d 159 · cited by 423
• First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Baker 860 F.2d 135 · cited by 420
• Portia Bass v. E.I. Dupont De Nemours & Company, Portia Bass v. E.I. Dupont De Nemours & Company, Portia Bass v. E.I. Dupont De Nemours & Company 324 F.3d 761 · cited by 415
• Kerns v. United States 585 F.3d 187 · cited by 409
• Pacific Insurance Company v. American National Fire Insurance Company, Rail Link, Incorporated 148 F.3d 396 · cited by 408
• Young v. City of Mount Ranier 238 F.3d 567 · cited by 404
• United States v. Pauley 511 F.3d 468 · cited by 403
• United States v. Eddie Louthian, Sr. 756 F.3d 295 · cited by 402
• D.P. Muth J.P. Muth v. United States 1 F.3d 246 · cited by 401
• Jimmy Radford v. Carolyn Colvin 734 F.3d 288 · cited by 401
• United States v. Kenneth Wayne Daughtrey, A/K/A Kenneth Wayne Daughtry 874 F.2d 213 · cited by 400
• United States v. Benigno Montes-Pineda, A/K/A No. Benigno Pineda Muntez, A/K/A Benigno Montez-Pineda, A/K/A Benigno Pineda-Montes 445 F.3d 375 · cited by 386
• Jeffrey Pearson v. Carolyn Colvin 810 F.3d 204 · cited by 384
• Ballard v. Carlson 882 F.2d 93 · cited by 384
• James E. PASS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee 65 F.3d 1200 · cited by 381
• Gravity Inc v. Microsoft Corp 309 F.3d 193 · cited by 381
• Constantine v. Rectors and Visitors of George Mason University 411 F.3d 474 · cited by 380
• Edwin P. Harrison, and United States of America, Party in Interest v. Westinghouse Savannah River Company 176 F.3d 776 · cited by 378
• United States v. Henry Tresvant, III 677 F.2d 1018 · cited by 376
• United States v. Brian A. Moreland, United States of America v. Brian A. Moreland 437 F.3d 424 · cited by 373
• Spell v. McDaniel 824 F.2d 1380 · cited by 371
• William B. Vitek v. Robert H. Finch, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare 438 F.2d 1157 · cited by 371
• Miltier v. Beorn 896 F.2d 848 · cited by 371
• Percy Stanley Harris v. Ronald Hutchinson, Warden, Maryland House of Corrections J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of the State of Maryland 209 F.3d 325 · cited by 360
• Coffman v. Bowen 829 F.2d 514 · cited by 355
• Rossignol v. Voorhaar 316 F.3d 516 · cited by 352
• United States v. Artez Lamont Johnson 445 F.3d 339 · cited by 349
• Goodman v. Praxair, Inc. 494 F.3d 458 · cited by 344
• Williams v. Benjamin 77 F.3d 756 · cited by 343
• Djenaba Camara v. John Ashcroft, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General of the United States 378 F.3d 361 · cited by 343
• Donald R. MITCHELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DATA GENERAL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee 12 F.3d 1310 · cited by 338
• David Wayne Evans v. B.F. Perkins Company 166 F.3d 642 · cited by 336
• Perini Corporation v. Perini Construction, Inc. 915 F.2d 121 · cited by 334
• David T. Combs Sarah E. Combs v. James O. Bakker Tammy Faye Bakker Richard Dortch 886 F.2d 673 · cited by 332
• Monica Guessous v. Fairview Property Investments 828 F.3d 208 · cited by 330
• Eddie Williams v. J.H. Griffin, Superintendent J.C. Harris, Jr., Area Administrator Aaron J. Johnson, Secretary of Corrections 952 F.2d 820 · cited by 329
• Sherwood L. Hill v. D. A. Braxton, Buckingham Correctional Center 277 F.3d 701 · cited by 322
• Henry v. Purnell 652 F.3d 524 · cited by 322
• United States v. Tyronski Johnson 410 F.3d 137 · cited by 320
• United States v. Andre Cardell King, United States of America v. Chalmers Lavette Hendricks 119 F.3d 290 · cited by 319
• Blackwelder Furniture Company of Statesville, Inc. v. Seilig Manufacturing Company, Inc. 550 F.2d 189 · cited by 318
• Gloria W. DOWE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TOTAL ACTION AGAINST POVERTY IN ROANOKE VALLEY, Defendant-Appellee 145 F.3d 653 · cited by 318
• Freddie Goode v. Central Virginia Legal Aid Society 807 F.3d 619 · cited by 315
• Stacy Lewis v. Nancy Berryhill 858 F.3d 858 · cited by 312
• Jeffery Hines v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security 453 F.3d 559 · cited by 312
• Higgins v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. 863 F.2d 1162 · cited by 307
• Charbonnages De France v. Frank B. Smith, Juanita Smith, Frank Smith, Jr., Smith Brothers Construction Company and Continental Coal Sales Corporation 597 F.2d 406 · cited by 306
• Bird v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration 699 F.3d 337 · cited by 305
• United States v. Herbert John Marin 961 F.2d 493 · cited by 304
• Johnson v. Oroweat Foods Co. 785 F.2d 503 · cited by 304
• Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon, Incorporated Max Shayne, Incorporated v. Alpha of Virginia, Incorporated, D/B/A Lone Star Grill 43 F.3d 922 · cited by 303
• Patrick Booker v. South Carolina Department of Corrections 855 F.3d 533 · cited by 302
• Billie J. Woods v. Nancy Berryhill 888 F.3d 686 · cited by 302
• Moore v. Bennette 517 F.3d 717 · cited by 302
• United States v. Willie James Richardson, A/K/A Riz, A/K/A Raheem 195 F.3d 192 · cited by 301
• Owens v. Baltimore City State's Attorneys Office 767 F.3d 379 · cited by 300
• In Re Avery W. Vial, Movant 115 F.3d 1192 · cited by 300
• United States v. Arch A. Moore, Jr. 931 F.2d 245 · cited by 300
• United States v. Raymond Francis Bayerle 898 F.2d 28 · cited by 299
• Trulock v. Freeh 275 F.3d 391 · cited by 297
• Libertarian Party of Virginia v. Charles Judd 718 F.3d 308 · cited by 291
• United States v. Byron Keith Allen, United States of America v. Ernest Robert Reinhardt 491 F.3d 178 · cited by 291
• United States v. Thompson 595 F.3d 544 · cited by 289
• Southern Walk at Broadlands Homeowner's Ass'n v. OpenBand at Broadlands, LLC 713 F.3d 175 · cited by 289
• Charles J. Slakan v. T.C. Porter, M.M. Walters, Amos Reed, Ralph Edwards, Sam Garrison, and J.B. Barefoot, J.G. Watson, D.R. Woodard, Jack Lemons 737 F.2d 368 · cited by 287
• George F. Thompson v. Potomac Electric Power Company 312 F.3d 645 · cited by 287
• United States v. Anthony Gerald White, Sr. 405 F.3d 208 · cited by 285
• Robert Dale Strickler v. Gary Waters, Sheriff Commonwealth of Virginia City of Portsmouth Department of Corrections 989 F.2d 1375 · cited by 285
• Paul Scinto, Sr. v. Warden Stansberry 841 F.3d 219 · cited by 279
• Tyrone Walls v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security 296 F.3d 287 · cited by 279
• Carefirst of Maryland, Inc. v. Carefirst Pregnancy Centers, Inc. 334 F.3d 390 · cited by 278
• Davis v. Williams 588 F.2d 69 · cited by 278
• United States v. Delfino De Leon-Ramirez 925 F.3d 177 · cited by 273
• In Re United Steelworkers of America, Afl-Cio-Clc 595 F.2d 958 · cited by 273
• United States v. Sean Lamar Sanders, A/K/A Sean Lamont Sanders 247 F.3d 139 · cited by 272
• McCleary-Evans v. Maryland Department of Transportation, State Highway Administration 780 F.3d 582 · cited by 271
• United States v. Carlos Saunders 886 F.2d 56 · cited by 271
• United States v. Manigan 592 F.3d 621 · cited by 270
• Cochran v. Morris 73 F.3d 1310 · cited by 269
• Dorn B. Holland v. Washington Homes, Incorporated 487 F.3d 208 · cited by 267
• N. Brown FELTY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GRAVES-HUMPHREYS COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee 818 F.2d 1126 · cited by 265
• James H. Spriggs v. Diamond Auto Glass Richard A. Rutta Ernest Stickell 242 F.3d 179 · cited by 265
• Ross v. Communications Satellite Corp. 759 F.2d 355 · cited by 264
• Greg Rushford, the Washington Post Company, Intervenor v. The New Yorker Magazine, Inc., and William Shawn Reneta Adler 846 F.2d 249 · cited by 264
• Nikki Thomas v. Nancy Berryhill 916 F.3d 307 · cited by 262
• Arnold G. Barwick v. The Celotex Corporation, Keene Corporation, Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, H.K. Porter, Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc. 736 F.2d 946 · cited by 262
• Anthony Dash v. Floyd Mayweather, Jr. 731 F.3d 303 · cited by 259
• United States v. Jose v. Reyes 759 F.2d 351 · cited by 258
• United States v. Mendoza-Mendoza 597 F.3d 212 · cited by 258
• Patricia J. Mayes v. Stanley Rapoport Judith Rapoport David Key, D/B/A Key Coffee Roasters, Incorporated 198 F.3d 457 · cited by 258
• Variety Stores, Inc. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 888 F.3d 651 · cited by 257
• Brown v. Commissioner Social Security Administration 873 F.3d 251 · cited by 256
• Dorothy P. Robinson v. Lorillard Corporation (Two Cases) 444 F.2d 791 · cited by 256
• Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Quarles 92 F.2d 321 · cited by 255
• Grayson v. Peed 195 F.3d 692 · cited by 255
• United States Ex Rel. Wilson v. Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc. 525 F.3d 370 · cited by 253
• Westberry v. Gislaved Gummi AB 178 F.3d 257 · cited by 253
• United States v. Harold Davis 53 F.3d 638 · cited by 253
• United States v. Damien Troy Moulden 478 F.3d 652 · cited by 253
• Daniel L. Veney v. T v. Wyche Darnley R. Hodge, Superintendent 293 F.3d 726 · cited by 251
• Foster v. University of Maryland-Eastern Shore 787 F.3d 243 · cited by 250
• William King, the of the Will of Vernie C. Reece v. Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare 599 F.2d 597 · cited by 249
• News & Observer Publishing Co. v. Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority 597 F.3d 570 · cited by 248
• United States v. Roland Demingo Queen, A/K/A Mingo 132 F.3d 991 · cited by 248
• Carl G. Underwood, (Social Security Account Number Tqv-Im-Bnsb v. Abraham A. Ribicoff, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare 298 F.2d 850 · cited by 248
• Colonial Penn Insurance Company v. Willard Frank Coil Betty Marian Coil 887 F.2d 1236 · cited by 247
• United States v. Harry Seidman 156 F.3d 542 · cited by 246
• A.H. Robins Co. v. Piccinin 788 F.2d 994 · cited by 246
• Wimmer v. Cook 774 F.2d 68 · cited by 245
• Fayetteville Investors v. Commercial Builders, Incorporated American Casualty Company of Reading, Pennsylvania, Inc. 936 F.2d 1462 · cited by 242
• Larone Elijah v. Richard Dunbar 66 F.4th 454 · cited by 241
• United States v. Abu Ali 528 F.3d 210 · cited by 240
• Real Truth About Obama, Inc. v. Federal Election Commission 575 F.3d 342 · cited by 240
• A Society Without a Name v. Commonwealth of Virginia 655 F.3d 342 · cited by 239
• Paul Carter v. William L. Ball, III 33 F.3d 450 · cited by 239
• Reya Boyer-Liberto v. Fontainebleau Corporation 786 F.3d 264 · cited by 239
• Direx Israel, Ltd. Direx, Incorporated v. Breakthrough Medical Corporation Zvi Porath Avner Spector 952 F.2d 802 · cited by 238
• United States v. Neil Roger Beidler 110 F.3d 1064 · cited by 236
• Karen Laughlin v. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Augustus Melton, Jr. 149 F.3d 253 · cited by 236
• Oxendine v. Williams 509 F.2d 1405 · cited by 236
• United States v. Wayne Lewis Wessells, (Three Cases) 936 F.2d 165 · cited by 235
• Whisenant v. Yuam 739 F.2d 160 · cited by 235
• Consulting Engineers Corp. v. Geometric Ltd. 561 F.3d 273 · cited by 233
• United States v. Evans 526 F.3d 155 · cited by 232
• Kenneth Bernard Rouse v. R.C. Lee, Warden, Central Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina 339 F.3d 238 · cited by 231
• Esin Arakas v. Commissioner, Social Security 983 F.3d 83 · cited by 228
• Hutchinson v. Staton 994 F.2d 1076 · cited by 228
• United States v. Moussaoui 333 F.3d 509 · cited by 226
• United States v. Austin Webb, Jr. 738 F.3d 638 · cited by 226
• Wahi v. Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc. 562 F.3d 599 · cited by 225
• Southern States Rack and Fixture, Incorporated v. Sherwin-Williams Company, and Keller Rigging & Construction Sc, Incorporated 318 F.3d 592 · cited by 223
• Larry Jerome Brooks v. City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina M.N. Barker, Individually and as a City Police Officer 85 F.3d 178 · cited by 221
• Morrison v. Garraghty 239 F.3d 648 · cited by 220
• Ryan v. Homecomings Financial Network 253 F.3d 778 · cited by 220
• Mary F. Flack v. Wilbur J. Cohen, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare 413 F.2d 278 · cited by 220
• John James Mary James v. Cecil B. Jacobson, Jr., M.D. Reproductive Genetics Center, Limited 6 F.3d 233 · cited by 220
• Rena Sklar Oppenheim v. Robert H. Finch, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare (Now Caspar Weinberger,) 495 F.2d 396 · cited by 220