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Where the warrant for the search of a particular apartment where crack cocaine had been seen within the last 48 hours also authorized the search of “all other persons inside” the apartment at the time the warrant was executed, the ...

Where claimant called in the first two days of his absence, but failed to make contact with his immediate supervisor, as required by company rules, for the next three days of his absence from work, claimant was precluded from receiving ...

Where petitioner has filed petitions for a writ of habeas corpus and a writ of mandamus challenging a decision of the Virginia Department of Corrections applying Code § 53.1-151 to deny him parole for sentences imposed for criminal convictions in ...

Although claimant contended that his current shoulder and neck difficulties are causally related to his original fall on a construction project in 1990, he returned to work after that injury and continued at his pre-injury job until laid off in ...

Where the seller of the mobile home park advised buyer that seller had constructed, improved and pumped the septic system for the park, and seller and buyer twice walked over the park together, with seller pointing out features of the ...

Where the buyer promised to purchase the tract of real property contingent on his being able to obtain “suitable financing,” and buyer, at the time he signed the contract, anticipated being able to get a loan from his father on ...

Where complainant, decedent’s illegitimate son, is claiming a portion of the estate of decedent, who died in 1971, the 1977 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Trimble v. Gordon, 430 U.S. 762 (1977), which held that a legitimacy distinction for intestate ...

Where husband had acquired two parcels of real estate prior to the marriage and made mortgage payments on one of those properties and continued to maintain both as separate properties, these parcels have not been transmuted into marital property by ...

Where the testatrix devised of certain real estate to the Humane Society of the United States to establish a wildlife refuse according to certain terms which, if violated would allow the executor to convey the real estate to some other ...

Where plaintiff, the operator of a service station, contracted with defendant for certain renovations to the station, and during the course of these renovations, a subcontractor’s employees damaged underground storage tanks and caused environmental contamination, plaintiff’s suit alleging negligence and ...