Where a former employee of the Commonwealth of Virginia did not express displeasure at physical contact by her former supervisor and moved to a different office after her first six weeks of employment, the hostile work environment claim failed as ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

Mountain Valley Pipeline is constructing a natural gas pipeline and was granted easements over two parcels of land owned by the defendants. The company’s experts opined on the monies due to the landowners and because the landowners did not offer ...

Tagged with: Commercial Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

Where the defendant is charged with possession of a firearm by a felon, his prior conviction for possession of a firearm by a felon is admissible, with a limiting instruction, to show absence of mistake or lack of accident. Background ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

Although the defendant argued he was prejudiced by two consecutive indictments, because the two indictments did not hinder his right to testify in his own defense, meaningfully impair him from presenting a defense or require a higher sentence, he failed ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

Where the parties are scheduled for trial on just compensation owed to a landowner for property taken for an interstate natural gas pipeline, multiple pretrial motions over experts and other evidentiary issues were resolved. Background Plaintiff Mountain Valley Pipeline, or ...

Tagged with: Evidence Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

Although a defendant attempted to suppress cash, a firearm and methamphetamine found in a search incident to his arrest, even if the search exceeded the appropriate scope, police would have inevitably discovered the items in his bags as part of ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a complaint plausibly alleged claims for breach of contract and wrongful termination of a contract between two automotive parts companies, and where the plaintiff at this early stage could assert a claim for unjust enrichment in the alternative, the ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

Although a tenant alleged the Department of Housing and Urban Development failed to intervene and prevent her landlord from terminating her lease, HUD regulations do not require the agency to intervene and her claim was dismissed. Background Rebecca Dare Brooks ...

Tagged with: Administrative Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

Where the defendant had notice of the lawsuit and was served more than 30 days before it removed the case to federal court, the removal was untimely and the case was remanded to state court. But because the defendant presented ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

Where the employer showed its former employee breached a contract and tortuously interfered with the employer’s business expectancy, the employer prevailed on these claims. A jury will decide damages. Background This case involves claims by TechINT Solutions Group LLC against ...

Tagged with: Commercial Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District