Two Virginia circuit court clerks have been ordered to pay nearly $2 million in fees and costs in a lawsuit filed by a news service seeking prompt access to newly filed lawsuits. The lawsuit in Norfolk federal court reportedly brought ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice fees Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Petitioners, a hibachi restaurant owner and the owner of an event venue, are not entitled to a writ of mandamus to obtain relief from various executive and public health emergency orders that the governor and the public health commissioner issued ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Supreme Court of Virginia

Where the city of Norfolk has filed a demurrer and a plea in bar in response to plaintiff’s complaint arising from a building demolition, the demurrer is sustained and plaintiff is granted leave to amend its complaint. Defendant city’s plea ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge David W. Lannetti Norfolk City Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

Based on a “straightforward interpretation” of 28 U.S.C. § 1332(c)(1), which governs citizenship of corporations, the credit union is a citizen of Virginia because that is its principal place of business. This analysis was not changed by the fact the ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Civil Practice Judge Julius N. Richardson

The circuit court’s temporary injunction, which barred the mayor of Richmond from removing war memorials from their locations, is vacated. Overview Stoney, the mayor of Richmond, invoked his emergency powers to move various war memorials, “explaining the continued presence of ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Supreme Court of Virginia

Where appellant, relying on a police report, named the wrong person as the defendant driver in a personal injury case, appellant was entitled to file a new complaint naming the correct person after the statute of limitations expired. Background On ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Justice D. Arthur Kelsey Justice William C. Mims Supreme Court of Virginia

Where plaintiff claims the state police violated his rights by denying his application to purchase a firearm, sovereign immunity bars the claim. The state police department, as an agent of the commonwealth, has sovereign immunity and there is no express ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Charles N. Dorsey Roanoke County Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

Where the City of Norfolk has filed a demurrer and a plea in bar in response to plaintiff’s complaint arising from a building demolition, the demurrer is sustain and plaintiff is granted leave to amend its complaint. Defendant city’s plea ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge David W. Lannetti Norfolk City Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

Plaintiff’s motion to compel discovery regarding defendant’s total net worth is granted. Defendant’s arguments that his net worth is not subject to discovery, or is discoverable only in part, are not well taken. The information must be provided. A protective ...

Tagged with: 15th Circuit Court Civil Practice Judge Patricia Kelly Virginia Circuit Courts

Where plaintiff nonsuited a defendant in this personal injury case, a motion by the remaining defendant to transfer venue is granted. The court concludes that plaintiff added the nonsuited defendant “with the intent to create venue in a forum to ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Joseph M. Teefey Jr. Petersburg Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts