By Michael Wein

Closer to home than Richmond, the Fourth Circuit is scheduled to hear oral arguments in three cases this week at the University of Maryland School of Law.   As noted on the school’s website, the briefs have been made available online, and judge-permitting (and obviously not on any pending cases), there may be some Q & A with the gallery.

[Editor-in-Chief’s note: The Fourth Circuit does not disclose the panel composition until the morning of oral argument.]

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