The Latest Breaking News from Fourth Circuit

The Supreme Court vacated a stay entered by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

The Mountain Valley Pipeline's developers seek Supreme Court intervention to prevent the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth CIrcuit from delaying its completion.

Monday's Fourth Circuit opinions from Judges Robert King, Marvin Quattlebaum, and Henry Floyd (Smith v. Towson Univ. and Doe v. ABA Accredited Univ.) were nonprecedential, and upheld the lower court decisions under an "abuse of discretion" standard. This basically means that the Court of Appeals concluded that the lower court…

Butter or spray; liars and bad cops; and SecretAgentRandyBeans.

Vaccinated jurors, a parking monopoly, and plant-based meat.

Scooter injuries, loyalty oaths, and Canadian barrels.

Anti-Muslim tweets, inactive warrants, and anti-Muslim prison guards.

Speedy trials, political advertising, and horseracing.

In Doe v. U.N.C. Sys. (W.D.N.C.), a case challenging the expulsion of plaintiff Jacob Doe for alleged sexual assault, the court issued a quite remarkable TRO last week: It, among other things, required defendants "to direct all individuals"—including UNC students—"over whom they exercise control to refrain from publishing or disclosing…