Bethune-Hill v. Va. St. Bd. of Elections, Case No. 3:14cv852, June 26, 2018. EDVA at Richmond (panel). VLW No. 018-3-262, 188 pp. Download Full-Text Opinion

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As seasoned attorneys know, the lofty principles that attract aspiring lawyers can quickly be overshadowed by client emergencies, Sisyphean scheduling conundrums, unreasonable opposing counsel, billing targets, intrafirm politics, and understaffed courts. But from time to time, our esteemed judges take ...

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Gavin Grimm, who attended a Virginia public high school and was prohibited from using the boys’ bathroom because he was identified as female at birth, sufficiently alleged discrimination claims against the school under both Title IX and the Equal Protection ...

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Plaintiffs seek to rescind the 2013 foreclosure sale of their home based on lender’s alleged breaches of its obligations to provide notice before foreclosing on the property and to comply with applicable law throughout the foreclosure process. Defendants have moved ...

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In this suit by 37 black shipyard workers who allege they are not as well paid as white workers, a Newport News U.S. District Court excludes reports with regression analyses performed by a labor economist working for each side; the ...

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(AP) A federal judge who struck down Virginia’s gay marriage ban usurped the state’s authority to decide whether same-sex unions should be allowed, a lawyer defending the ban said March 28. David B. Oakley, an attorney for court clerks in ...

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The owner of shops that sell tobacco and related products may sue employees of the Newport News Sheriff’s Office on allegations that defendants harassed him repeatedly because they believed falsely that products sold by plaintiffs contained synthetic marijuana, which is ...

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The Norfolk U.S. District Court strikes Virginia’s constitutional and statutory bans on same-sex marriage. The laws at issue here, referred to as Virginia’s Marriage Laws, include two statutory prohibitions on same-sex unions, and an amendment to the Virginia Constitution. Specifically, ...

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Same-sex couples want to be able to live wherever they choose and have their relationships recognized in the same manner as heterosexual couples. They and their supporters have carried this fight to statehouses and federal courts around the country. Currently ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) The overturning of Virginia’s gay marriage ban places the legal fight over same-sex unions increasingly in the hands of federal appeals courts shaped by President Barack Obama’s two election victories. It’s no accident that Virginia has become a ...

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