Being linked to “developers” is not defamatory in Chesterfield County.
Chesterfield County Circuit Judge Herbert C. Gill has dismissed a local businessman’s $1.35 million defamation suit against residents who opposed a sewer line the businessman supported by saying the businessman was “being paid by developers.”
This claim and other statements occurred in letters the residents wrote protesting [...]
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‘Developer’ not a dirty word in Chesterfield
January 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Chesterfield County, Defamation
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Chesterfield clerk’s suit against judge dismissed
January 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Chesterfield County, Circuit Court Clerks, Circuit judges
And the winner in the latest round between Chesterfield County Circuit Clerk Judy Worthington and Chesterfield Chief Judge Michael C. Allen is…
Allen.
This morning the Supreme Court of Virginia entered a terse one-page order denying Worthington’s requests for a writ of prohibition and a writ of mandamus against Allen and dismissing her petition.
The cause of a [...]
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Chesterfield judge upholds ‘fees’
September 25th, 2007 · No Comments · Chesterfield County, Civil Remedial Fees, Criminal Law
Yet another general district judge has upheld Virginia’s new scheme of “civil remedial fees” for “abusive drivers.” This time, the venue is Chesterfield County.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that Chesterfield General District Judge Philip V. Daffron has ruled that the statute establishing the fees is constitutional. Turning back a challenge by five drivers, Daffron found [...]
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