Update On Fourth Circuit Published Opinions Without Argument
By EsqSocial Corporation 03/05/21
Back in January I blogged about how frequently, and in what types of cases, the Fourth Circuit was issuing published opinions after submission on briefs–a new phenomenon in the Circuit made possible only by the pandemic-related suspension of Local Rule 36(a) by Standing Order 20-1. See here and here. At the time of those posts, the frequency of the Court’s use of the reprieve from the requirement to have argument for an opinion to be published was waning......
By: Fox Rothschild LLP