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Where defendant kept changing his story concerning his involvement as an undercover informant with the local county coroner who had contacted him about purchasing cocaine for resale, but the district court declined to sentence defendant, who was convicted of perjury, ...

Where the trustee wishes to subordinate the county’s real property tax lien in order to distribute anticipated net sale proceeds of approximately $85,000 pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 724(b) in order to cover certain of the bankruptcy estate’s administrative expenses, ...

Although the charter for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation states a charitable purpose for the existence of the foundation, and the mission of the foundation to preserve Colonial Williamsburg is a highly beneficial one, the district court nevertheless concludes that the ...

The court grants defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim alleging that defendants “negligently failed to retrofit and update the guarding and clamping system” on a paper cutting machine which allegedly injured plaintiff. Defendant asserts that under Virginia law there exists ...

Where the trustee abandoned debtor’s real estate without debtor’s objection because there was no equity in the property, the bankruptcy court did not err in holding that abandonment of the property did not constitute a taxable event and that the ...

Although the North Carolina lawyer who signed plaintiff’s products liability complaint did not associate local counsel and obtain admission to the district court pro hac vice until after the complaint was filed, the complaint need not be dismissed. The lawyer ...

Although a Virginia criminal statute, Code § 43-13, provides that a contractor’s or subcontractor’s use of funds received under a contract for any purpose other than paying amounts due for labor performed or materials furnished is prima facie evidence of ...

Although defendant filed responsive pleadings to an amended motion for judgment, this filing did not waive defendant’s objection to the fact that plaintiff failed to obtain leave of court before filing the amended pleading. After defendant learned that the amended ...

Where defendant received suspended fines for his three forgery convictions, as well as a community service and supervised probation for three years, he was not in custody for purposes of petitioning for a writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum and ...

Although the court finds that the mother and father have some communication difficulties in the aftermath of their long, expensive and emotional divorce, the court nevertheless finds that it is in the best interests of the children to continue the ...