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  1. Rovilma Diamond v. Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company
    Rovilma Diamond v. Colonial Life & Accident Ins. Co., 416 F.3d 310 (4th Cir. 2005)cited by 9,884
  2. Rose v. Lee
    Rose v. Lee, 252 F.3d 676 (4th Cir. 2001)cited by 7,442
  3. Garcia Jay Wright v. George Collins, Warden, Maryland Penitentiary Dr. Berry Officer Larry Donnell
    Garcia Jay Wright v. George Collins,, Md. Penitentiary Dr. Berry Officer Larry Donnell, 766 F.2d 841 (4th Cir. 1985)cited by 4,595
  4. David E. Camby v. Larry Davis James M. Lester
    Camby v. Larry Davis James M. Lester, 718 F.2d 198 (4th Cir. 1983)cited by 4,520
  5. Quintin Orpiano v. Gene M. Johnson, Warden W. P. Rodgers, Asst. Warden (Security) R. A. Clendenen Correctional Corporal
    Quintin Orpiano v. Johnson, 687 F.2d 44 (4th Cir. 1982)cited by 3,706
  6. United States v. Edward Lester Schronce, Jr.
    United States v. Schronce, 727 F.2d 91 (4th Cir. 1984)cited by 3,701
  7. Edwards v. City of Goldsboro
    Edwards v. City of Goldsboro, 178 F.3d 231 (4th Cir. 1999)cited by 3,406
  8. 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
    Beaudett v. City of Hampton City Attorneys A. Paul Burton & W. Stephen Moore Judge T.H. Wilson, 775 F.2d 1274 (4th Cir. 1985)cited by 2,868
  9. Ronda S. CRAIG v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security
    Craig v. Chater, 76 F.3d 585 (4th Cir. 1996)cited by 2,685
  10. Robert Louis Roseboro v. Sam P. Garrison, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Warden of Central Prison
    Roseboro v. Garrison, 528 F.2d 309 (4th Cir. 1975)cited by 2,621
  11. Snyder v. Ridenour
    Snyder v. Ridenour, 889 F.2d 1363 (4th Cir. 1989)cited by 2,478
  12. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Kolon Industries, Inc.
    E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Kolon Indus., 637 F.3d 435 (4th Cir. 2011)cited by 2,196
  13. Bonnilyn Mascio v. Carolyn Colvin
    Bonnilyn Mascio v. Colvin, 780 F.3d 632 (4th Cir. 2015)cited by 2,118
  14. Samuel Jackson v. Joseph Lightsey
    Jackson v. Lightsey, 775 F.3d 170 (4th Cir. 2014)cited by 2,093
  15. Adrian King, Jr. v. Jim Rubenstein
    King v. Rubenstein, 825 F.3d 206 (4th Cir. 2016)cited by 1,956
  16. Republican Party of North Carolina v. Martin
    Republican Party of N.C. v. Martin, 980 F.2d 943 (4th Cir. 1992)cited by 1,936
  17. Jackie L. HAYS, Jr. v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, Secretary of Health and Human Services
    Hays v. Sullivan, 907 F.2d 1453 (4th Cir. 1990)cited by 1,931
  18. Francis v. Giacomelli
    Francis v. Giacomelli, 588 F.3d 186 (4th Cir. 2009)cited by 1,863
  19. Walter Gordon v. William D
    Gordon v. William D, 574 F.2d 1147 (4th Cir. 1978)cited by 1,827
  20. Shaw v. Stroud
    Shaw v. Stroud, 13 F.3d 791 (4th Cir. 1994)cited by 1,805
  21. Christine Evans v. Technologies Applications & Service Company
    Evans v. Techs. Applications & Serv. Co., 80 F.3d 954 (4th Cir. 1996)cited by 1,801
  22. Philips v. Pitt County Memorial Hospital
    Philips v. Pitt Cnty. Mem'l Hosp., 572 F.3d 176 (4th Cir. 2009)cited by 1,796
  23. Nemet Chevrolet, Ltd. v. Consumeraffairs. Com, Inc.
    Nemet Chevrolet, Ltd. v. Consumeraffairs. Com, Inc., 591 F.3d 250 (4th Cir. 2009)cited by 1,775
  24. Charles M. Laws v. Anthony J. Celebrezze, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
    Laws v. Celebrezze, 368 F.2d 640 (4th Cir. 1966)cited by 1,693
  25. Pamela D. Johnson v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security
    Johnson v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Comm'r of Soc. Sec., 434 F.3d 650 (4th Cir. 2005)cited by 1,628
  26. Gordon Goines v. Valley Community Services Board
    Goines v. Valley Cmty. Servs. Bd., 822 F.3d 159 (4th Cir. 2016)cited by 1,585
  27. Hancock v. Astrue
    Hancock v. Astrue, 667 F.3d 470 (4th Cir. 2012)cited by 1,525
  28. Iko v. Shreve
    Iko v. Shreve, 535 F.3d 225 (4th Cir. 2008)cited by 1,516
  29. Christina Jacobs v. N.C. Admin. Office of the Courts
    Jacobs v. N.C. Admin. Office of the Courts, 780 F.3d 562 (4th Cir. 2015)cited by 1,503
  30. Stan Laber v. Francis J. Harvey, Secretary of the Army
    Stan Laber v. Harvey, 438 F.3d 404 (4th Cir. 2006)cited by 1,471
  31. George Monroe v. Carolyn Colvin
    Monroe v. Colvin, 826 F.3d 176 (4th Cir. 2016)cited by 1,448
  32. United States v. Nicholas Omar Midgette
    United States v. Midgette, 478 F.3d 616 (4th Cir. 2007)cited by 1,444
  33. United States v. Frank Kahled Burgos, United States of America v. Alexio Burnard Gobern
    United States v. Frank Kahled Burgos, United States of Am. v. Alexio Burnard Gobern, 94 F.3d 849 (4th Cir. 1996)cited by 1,423
  34. Adams v. Bain
    Adams v. Bain, 697 F.2d 1213 (4th Cir. 1982)cited by 1,300
  35. United States v. David Allen Hagen Defusco, (Two Cases)
    United States v. David Allen Hagen Defusco, (Two Cases), 949 F.2d 114 (4th Cir. 1991)cited by 1,283
  36. Anthony Martin v. Susan Duffy
    Martin v. Duffy, 858 F.3d 239 (4th Cir. 2017)cited by 1,273
  37. Giarratano v. Johnson
    Giarratano v. Johnson, 521 F.3d 298 (4th Cir. 2008)cited by 1,255
  38. United States v. Paul Winestock, Jr.
    United States v. Winestock, 340 F.3d 200 (4th Cir. 2003)cited by 1,216
  39. Coleman v. Maryland Court of Appeals
    Coleman v. Md. Court of Appeals, 626 F.3d 187 (4th Cir. 2010)cited by 1,196
  40. United States v. Carter
    United States v. Carter, 564 F.3d 325 (4th Cir. 2009)cited by 1,195
  41. United States v. David C. Hughes, the Office of the Federal Public Defender, Amicus Supporting
    United States v. Hughes, 401 F.3d 540 (4th Cir. 2005)cited by 1,190
  42. Kerns v. United States
    Kerns v. United States, 585 F.3d 187 (4th Cir. 2009)cited by 1,122
  43. Coffman v. Bowen
    Coffman v. Bowen, 829 F.2d 514 (4th Cir. 1987)cited by 1,119
  44. Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad Company v. United States
    Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac R.R. Co. v. United States, 945 F.2d 765 (4th Cir. 1991)cited by 1,101
  45. David Adams v. Nathan A. Rice Gary T. Dixon Hazel W. Keith
    Adams v. Nathan A. Rice Gary T. Dixon Hazel W. Keith, 40 F.3d 72 (4th Cir. 1994)cited by 1,091
  46. Shirley Presley v. City of Charlottesville Rivanna Trails Foundation
    Presley v. City of Charlottesville Rivanna Trails Found., 464 F.3d 480 (4th Cir. 2006)cited by 1,064
  47. Libertarian Party of Virginia v. Charles Judd
    Libertarian Party of Va. v. Judd, 718 F.3d 308 (4th Cir. 2013)cited by 1,058
  48. United States v. Lynn
    United States v. Lynn, 592 F.3d 572 (4th Cir. 2010)cited by 1,026
  49. Goodman v. Praxair, Inc.
    Goodman v. Praxair, Inc., 494 F.3d 458 (4th Cir. 2007)cited by 1,014
  50. In re Diana R. Beard, (Two Cases)
    In re Diana R. Beard, (Two Cases), 811 F.2d 818 (4th Cir. 1987)cited by 1,008
  51. Beale v. Hardy
    Beale v. Hardy, 769 F.2d 213 (4th Cir. 1985)cited by 1,001
  52. Karen Laughlin v. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Augustus Melton, Jr.
    Laughlin v. Metro. Wash. Airports Auth. Augustus Melton, Jr., 149 F.3d 253 (4th Cir. 1998)cited by 996
  53. Ronald K. Drewitt v. Fred L. Pratt Pizza Hut of America, Inc., City of Norfolk, Party-In-Interest
    Drewitt v. Fred L. Pratt Pizza Hut of Am., Inc., 999 F.2d 774 (4th Cir. 1993)cited by 978
  54. Evans v. BF Perkins Company
    Evans v. BF Perkins Co., 166 F.3d 642 (4th Cir. 1999)cited by 977
  55. Edwin P. Harrison, and United States of America, Party in Interest v. Westinghouse Savannah River Company
    Harrison v. Westinghouse Savannah River Co., 176 F.3d 776 (4th Cir. 1999)cited by 968
  56. Russell B. Vinnedge v. G. W. Gibbs, Superintendent of Jails, Department of Corrections for the State of Virginia
    Vinnedge v. G. W. Gibbs, 550 F.2d 926 (4th Cir. 1977)cited by 965
  57. A Society Without a Name v. Commonwealth of Virginia
    A Soc'y Without a Name v. Virginia, 655 F.3d 342 (4th Cir. 2011)cited by 958
  58. Rachel R. Blalock v. Elliot L. Richardson, Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare
    Blalock v. Richardson, 483 F.2d 773 (4th Cir. 1972)cited by 955
  59. Jimmy Radford v. Carolyn Colvin
    Radford v. Colvin, 734 F.3d 288 (4th Cir. 2013)cited by 952
  60. Patricia A. Mastro v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social Security, No
    Mastro v. Apfel, 270 F.3d 171 (4th Cir. 2001)cited by 942
  61. Constantine v. Rectors and Visitors of George Mason University
    Constantine v. Rectors & Visitors of George Mason Univ., 411 F.3d 474 (4th Cir. 2005)cited by 940
  62. Jeffrey Pearson v. Carolyn Colvin
    Pearson v. Colvin, 810 F.3d 204 (4th Cir. 2015)cited by 934
  63. Owens v. Baltimore City State's Attorneys Office
    Owens v. Baltimore City State's Attorneys Office, 767 F.3d 379 (4th Cir. 2014)cited by 921
  64. Stacy Lewis v. Nancy Berryhill
    Lewis v. Berryhill, 858 F.3d 858 (4th Cir. 2017)cited by 921
  65. Juanita Pope Reid v. Ronald J. Angelone, Director
    Reid v. Angelone, 369 F.3d 363 (4th Cir. 2004)cited by 904
  66. Billie J. Woods v. Nancy Berryhill
    Woods v. Berryhill, 888 F.3d 686 (4th Cir. 2018)cited by 899
  67. Arnita SMITH v. Richard S. SCHWEIKER, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Arnita SMITH v. Schweiker, 795 F.2d 343 (4th Cir. 1986)cited by 895
  68. Pacific Insurance Company v. American National Fire Insurance Company, Rail Link, Incorporated
    Pac. Ins. Co. v. Am. Nat'l Fire Ins. Co., Rail Link, 148 F.3d 396 (4th Cir. 1998)cited by 894
  69. William HUNTER v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, Etc.
    Hunter v. Sullivan, 993 F.2d 31 (4th Cir. 1993)cited by 885
  70. Alva M. Hall v. Patricia R. Harris, Secretary of Health and Human Services
    Hall v. Harris, 658 F.2d 260 (4th Cir. 1981)cited by 884
  71. James E. PASS v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security
    Pass v. Chater, 65 F.3d 1200 (4th Cir. 1995)cited by 876
  72. N. Brown FELTY v. GRAVES-HUMPHREYS COMPANY
    N. Brown FELTY v. Graves-Humphreys Co., 818 F.2d 1126 (4th Cir. 1987)cited by 857
  73. Esin Arakas v. Commissioner, Social Security
    Esin Arakas v. Comm'r, 983 F.3d 83 (4th Cir. 2020)cited by 854
  74. United States v. Eddie Louthian, Sr.
    United States v. Louthian, 756 F.3d 295 (4th Cir. 2014)cited by 843
  75. Jeffery Hines v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security
    Hines v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Comm'r of Soc. Sec., 453 F.3d 559 (4th Cir. 2006)cited by 840
  76. Domino Sugar Corporation v. Sugar Workers Local Union 392 of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, an Unincorporated Association
    Domino Sugar Corp. v. Sugar Workers Local Union 392 of the United Food & Commercial Workers Int'l Union, an Unincorporated Ass'n, 10 F.3d 1064 (4th Cir. 1993)cited by 837
  77. Donald R. MITCHELL v. DATA GENERAL CORPORATION
    Mitchell v. Data Gen. Corp., 12 F.3d 1310 (4th Cir. 1993)cited by 831
  78. Maria Jimena Ibarra v. United States of America Unknown Government Officers
    Ibarra v. United States Unknown Gov't Officers, 120 F.3d 472 (4th Cir. 1997)cited by 831
  79. Bizzie Walters v. Todd McMahen
    Bizzie Walters v. McMahen, 684 F.3d 435 (4th Cir. 2012)cited by 822
  80. Clistie Bell Thomas v. Anthony J. Celebrezze, Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
    Clistie Bell Thomas v. Celebrezze, 331 F.2d 541 (4th Cir. 1964)cited by 818
  81. United States v. Juan Martinez
    United States v. Martinez, 277 F.3d 517 (4th Cir. 2002)cited by 816
  82. Love-Lane v. Martin
    Love-Lane v. Martin, 355 F.3d 766 (4th Cir. 2004)cited by 814
  83. Johnson v. Oroweat Foods Co.
    Johnson v. Oroweat Foods Co., 785 F.2d 503 (4th Cir. 1986)cited by 811
  84. United States v. Christopher Devon Crudup
    United States v. Crudup, 461 F.3d 433 (4th Cir. 2006)cited by 803
  85. 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
    Slakan v. T.C. Porter, M.M. Walters, Amos Reed, Ralph Edwards, Sam Garrison, & J.B. Barefoot, J.G. Watson, D.R. Woodard, Jack Lemons, 737 F.2d 368 (4th Cir. 1984)cited by 801
  86. Monica Guessous v. Fairview Property Investments
    Guessous v. Fairview Prop. Invs., 828 F.3d 208 (4th Cir. 2016)cited by 801
  87. Albert L. Wilson v. Edward Murray, Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections
    Wilson v. Murray, 806 F.2d 1232 (4th Cir. 1986)cited by 794
  88. John W. Wilson v. Volkswagen of America, Inc., a New York Corporation and Volkswagenwerk, A. G., a Foreign Corporation, Wolfsburg, Western Germany
    Wilson v. Volkswagen of Am., Inc., 561 F.2d 494 (4th Cir. 1977)cited by 792
  89. Percy Stanley Harris v. Ronald Hutchinson, Warden, Maryland House of Corrections J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of the State of Maryland
    Harris v. Ronald Hutchinson,, Md. House of Corr. J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney Gen. of the State of Md., 209 F.3d 325 (4th Cir. 2000)cited by 789
  90. Portia Bass v. E.I
    Portia Bass v. E.I, 324 F.3d 761 (4th Cir. 2003)cited by 786
  91. Spell v. McDaniel
    Spell v. McDaniel, 824 F.2d 1380 (4th Cir. 1987)cited by 776
  92. Southern Walk at Broadlands Homeowner's Ass'n v. OpenBand at Broadlands, LLC
    Southern Walk at Broadlands Homeowner's Ass'n v. OpenBand at Broadlands, LLC, 713 F.3d 175 (4th Cir. 2013)cited by 776
  93. Paul Scinto, Sr. v. Warden Stansberry
    Scinto v. Stansberry, 841 F.3d 219 (4th Cir. 2016)cited by 775
  94. United States v. Kenneth Wayne Daughtrey
    United States v. Daughtrey, 874 F.2d 213 (4th Cir. 1989)cited by 765
  95. United States v. Rusher
    United States v. Rusher, 966 F.2d 868 (4th Cir. 1992)cited by 757
  96. Foster v. University of Maryland-Eastern Shore
    Foster v. Univ. of Md.-Eastern Shore, 787 F.3d 243 (4th Cir. 2015)cited by 753
  97. Harrods Limited v. Sixty Internet Domain Names
    Harrods Ltd. v. Sixty Internet Domain Names, 302 F.3d 214 (4th Cir. 2002)cited by 750
  98. Sterling Smokeless Coal Company v. Tammy Akers Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor
    Sterling Smokeless Coal Co. v. Tammy Akers Dir., Office of Workers' Comp. Programs, United States Dep't of Labor, 131 F.3d 438 (4th Cir. 1997)cited by 750
  99. Rossignol v. Voorhaar
    Rossignol v. Voorhaar, 316 F.3d 516 (4th Cir. 2003)cited by 740
  100. Ross v. Communications Satellite Corp.
    Ross v. Commc'ns Satellite Corp., 759 F.2d 355 (4th Cir. 1985)cited by 723

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