Agency Decision on Dam Upheld Under NEPA 
By Deborah Elkins
Published: July 19, 2012
Tags: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Environmental, Floyd County Circuit Court
The 4th Circuit upholds a decision by the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service to eliminate from its 35-year-old project for preservation of the Lost River Subwatershed its plan to construct one of five dams, a decision challenged by seven owners who say their land will be adversely affected by this decision; the NRCS has complied [...]
Custody Arbitration Award Overturned
By Deborah Elkins
Published: May 16, 2012
Tags: Domestic Relations, Floyd County Circuit Court, Virginia Circuit Courts
A Floyd County overturns an arbitration award that required a mother to move from Richmond to a location within 40 miles of father in Floyd County or relinquish custody of her child to father; under Virginia law, the court is not bound by the arbitrator’s decision but is entitled to exercise its statutory duties in [...]
Court overrides arbitrator on custody
By Paul Fletcher
Published: May 11, 2012
Tags: Domestic Relations, Floyd County Circuit Court
A circuit judge is not bound by an arbitrator’s ruling on child custody issues, a Floyd County Circuit judge has ruled. The court has the statutory duty and responsibility to determine the best interest of a child, the judge found. There is “not much law” on this legal point, said Jonathan Rogers of Floyd, the [...]
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