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  • Gilliam v. School Board of Hopewell

    332 F.2d 460 · Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · May 25, 1964

    There was a proviso, however, that the School Board might submit a plan for the termination of its discriminatory practices, and, if approved, the general injunction would be suspended and the Board’s plan placed in effect … From this order of September 13, 1963, the School Board and the other defendants have appealed.

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  • Akers v. Highlands Community Services Board

    418 F. App'x 171 · Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Mar 18, 2011

    See Akers v. Highlands Cmty. Sens. Bd., No. 1:08-cv-00039-jpj-pms, 2010 WL 234763 (W.D.Va. Jan. 15, 2010).

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  • United States v. Joseph Brown

    296 F.2d 565 · Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Nov 21, 1961

    Brown’s consent dispelled all uncertainty on this head. Grice v. U. S., 146 F.2d 849 (4 Cir. 1945); U. S. v. Bianco, 96 F.2d 97 (2 Cir. 1938). … This chronicle of the evidence confirms the rectitude of the jury’s condemnation of Brown. Despite his compromising possession of patently thieved wares, he did not venture to meet its incrimination. Pearson v. U.

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  • N. Brown FELTY, Appellant, v. GRAVES-HUMPHREYS COMPANY, Appellee

    785 F.2d 516 · Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Mar 7, 1986

    As this Court noted in Price v. … The district court applied Reeb v.

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  • Wooten v. Clifton Forge School Board

    655 F.2d 552 · Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Jul 21, 1981

    See Board of Regents v. Roth, 408 U.S. 564, 569-70 , 92 S.Ct. 2701, 2705 , 33 L.Ed.2d 548 (1972). Only when such interests are implicated must the state provide the individual with a hearing. … See Bishop v. Wood, 426 U.S. 341, 343-47 , 96 S.Ct. 2074, 2076-78 , 48 L.Ed.2d 684 (1976). Ill Nor has Wooten shown that the Board’s action deprived him of a liberty interest in his reputation.

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  • Anthony L. Brown v. R. N. Briscoe, Medical Department

    993 F.2d 1535 · Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · May 21, 1993

    BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. R. N. BRISCOE, Medical Department, Defendant-Appellee. No. 92-6266. United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

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  • Holt v. Raleigh City Board of Education

    265 F.2d 95 · Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Mar 19, 1959

    He relied on the decisions of this Court in Carson v. Board of Education of McDowell County, 227 F.2d 789 , and Carson v. … In this connection, the plaintiffs refer to Ohio Bell Telephone v. Public Utilities, 301 U.S. 292 , 57 S.Ct. 724 , 81 L.Ed. 1093 . *98 We cannot agree with this analysis.

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  • George Hawkins v. Glenn Youngkin

    Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Aug 20, 2025

    A 1928 amendment to Virginia’s 1902 Constitution permitted the General Assembly to create, and the Governor to appoint, a pardon board. See Va. Const. art. V, § 73 (1902). … Burdick v.

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  • Christian Science Board of Directors v. Nolan

    259 F.3d 209 · Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Jul 26, 2001

    CHRISTIAN SCIENCE BOARD v. … See id. at 337. 12 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE BOARD v.

    Cited 290 timesPublished
  • Wolf v. Fauquier County Board of Supervisors

    555 F.3d 311 · Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Feb 6, 2009

    The boards report to the Commissioner and the State Board of Social Services, not to the counties or cities that appoint their members. The poli- WOLF v. … The proper defendant was thus not Fauquier County Board of Supervisors, but rather Fauquier County Social Services Board.

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  • Wheeler v. Durham City Board of Education

    585 F.2d 618 · Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Oct 2, 1978

    The accomplishment of a unitary system of schools in Durham and Durham County occurred in several discrete steps correlated with evolving notions of how to effect compliance with Brown v. … Wheeler v. Durham City Board of Education, 379 F.Supp. 1352 (M.D.N.C.1974).

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  • McWilliams v. Fairfax County Board of Supervisors

    72 F.3d 1191 · Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Jan 11, 1996

    Swentek v. USAIR, Inc., 830 F.2d 552, 557 (4th Cir.1987). … See Slakan v. Porter, 737 F.2d 368, 372-73 (4th Cir.1984).

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  • Brown-Rogers-Dixson Co. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

    122 F.2d 347 · Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Aug 26, 1941

    This is a petition to review a decision of the United States Board of Tax Appeals sustaining the determination, by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, of a deficiency in the income taxes of the petitioner, Brown-Rogers-Dixson … On January 6, 1936, the taxpayer’s board of directors adopted a resolution providing in part as follows: “Resolved, That in the opinion and best judgment of the Board of Directors of Brown-Rogers-Dixson Company it is advisable

    Cited 20 timesPublished
  • Jaffe v. Baltimore County Library Board

    332 F. App'x 6 · Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Sep 1, 2009

    See Jaffe v. Baltimore County Library Bd., No. 1:08-cv01437-RDB (D.Md. March 25, 2009).

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  • Elizabeth Deal v. Mercer County Board of Ed.

    911 F.3d 183 · Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Dec 17, 2018

    .; JANE DOE; JAMIE DOE, Plaintiffs, v. MERCER COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION; MERCER COUNTY SCHOOLS; DEBORAH S. … Brown, 462 F.3d 312, 318–19 (4th Cir. 2006) (quoting Rescue Army v. Mun. Court of City of L.A., 331 U.S. 549, 584 (1947)).

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  • Combs v. School Board of Rockingham County

    15 F.3d 357 · Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Feb 2, 1994

    See Child v. … See S-1 v.

    Cited 47 timesPublished
  • Chambers v. Hendersonville City Board of Education

    364 F.2d 189 · Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Jun 6, 1966

    The Board’s conduct involved four errors of law. First, the mandate of Brown v. … In that case the School Board had promptly proceeded to desegregate following the Brown case.

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  • Manchester Board & Paper Co. v. Commissioner

    74 F.2d 838 · Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Jan 8, 1935

    In this conclusion, we think that the Board was in error. … See Underwood v. Commissioner (C. C. A.) 56 F.(2d) 67 ; Eau Claire Book & S. Co. v. Commissioner (C. C. A.) 65 F.(2d) 125 ; Taylor v. Commissioner (C. C. A.) 70 F.(2d) 619 . Reversed and remanded.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • McCoy v. Greensboro City Board of Education

    283 F.2d 667 · Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Nov 14, 1960

    See Carson v. Board of Education of McDowell County, 4 Cir., 227 F.2d 789 ; Carson v. Warlick, 4 Cir., 238 F.2d 724 ; Covington v. Edwards, 4 Cir., 264 F.2d 780 ; Holt v. … In our opinion the action of the Board was contrary not only to the admonition of the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education, 349 U.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Downing v. School Board of Chesapeake

    455 F.2d 1153 · Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Mar 6, 1972

    This voluntary act on the part of the school district, it was found, disproved any claim of prejudice on the part of the school board against Mr. Wood. … It rep *1155 resented, it is said, a clear recognition by the board of Mr. Wood’s qualifications and demonstrated the willingness of the board to assign a black principal to a majority-white high school. Mr.

    Cited 1 timesPublished

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