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The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a pro se employment discrimination complaint. The court held that any error in failing to consider an amended complaint was harmless because the amendment would have been futile.
The Supreme Court held that congressional candidates possess Article III standing to challenge state election counting rules based on a concrete interest in the integrity of the electoral process. The Court reasoned that candidates suffer a particularized reputational injury when unlawful procedures undermine public confidence in election results, regardless of whether the rules alter the election outcome.
The Supreme Court clarified that the Fourth Amendment permits warrantless home entries for emergency aid when officers have an objectively reasonable basis to believe someone needs help, rejecting a probable cause requirement. The Court affirmed a conviction for assaulting an officer after police entered a home to prevent a suspected suicide based on a 911 call and visible evidence.
The Supreme Court held that Congress did not clearly authorize cumulative convictions under both 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i) and § 924(j) for a single act. The Court reversed the Second Circuit, ruling that a single fatal violation yields only one conviction despite the provisions satisfying the Blockburger test for separate offenses.
The Supreme Court held that the New Jersey Transit Corporation is not an arm of the State entitled to sovereign immunity. The Court ruled that despite its public functions and state control, NJ Transit's corporate structure and independent liability shield it from the State's immunity.
The First Circuit affirmed a sixty-month prison sentence for a felon in possession of a firearm and escape from a re-entry program. The court held that the district judge provided sufficient justification for a nineteen-month upward variance based on the defendant's possession of a modified machine gun, high-capacity magazines, and a large quantity of ammunition.
The First Circuit affirmed a sixty-month prison sentence for a felon in possession of a firearm and escape from a re-entry program, rejecting the defendant's claim that the district court failed to justify a nineteen-month upward variance. The appellate court held that the district judge provided sufficient reasoning by highlighting the defendant's possession of a modified machine gun, high-capacity magazines, and a large quantity of ammunition.
The First Circuit affirmed summary judgment for a doctor and hospital, ruling that a mother failed to provide sufficient evidence to prove disability discrimination or negligent infliction of emotional distress. The court held that the plaintiff could not establish that the defendants' actions were motivated by discriminatory intent rather than legitimate medical concerns regarding suspected child abuse.
The D.C. Circuit denied CenturyTel's petition for review and granted enforcement of the NLRB's order, holding that the Board's finding of a violation of Sections 8(a)(5) and (1) of the National Labor Relations Act was supported by substantial evidence. The court concluded that CenturyTel improperly failed to furnish information regarding non-union technicians working within the Union's jurisdiction despite the collective bargaining agreement's provisions on crossing jurisdictional boundaries.
The D.C. Circuit denied Boutique Air's petition for review regarding the Department of Transportation's selection of Key Lime Air for Essential Air Service subsidies in Jackson, Tennessee. The court affirmed that the agency's decision was not arbitrary or capricious despite Boutique Air's arguments regarding cost, precedent, and subsidy caps.
