A law school graduate’s civil rights claims against a prosecutor and a police officer arising from an attempted murder charge have foundered in federal court. The former law student, Peter S. Willis of Fredericksburg, spent a year in jail before ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Commonwealth's Attorneys Federal Courts Judge Henry E. Hudson Westmoreland County Circuit Court

The Richmond U.S. District Court issues its construction of disputed claim terms for the patent in suit, which has never been practiced, and which involves a navigation system for cellular telephones that provides direction and traffic information to users. Claim ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

After awarding $388,471 in attorney’s fees and $15,000 litigation expenses in this contract action for sale of nonconforming goods in a warehouse full of seasonal and sports-themed merchandise, the Richmond U.S. District Court will exercise its discretion to award plaintiff ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

After granting plaintiff buyer summary judgment on its claim for breach of a purchase agreement’s warranty as to the quality of a warehouse full of defective seasonal and sports-logo merchandise, the Richmond U.S. District Court awards plaintiff damages of $760,803, ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Although defendant natural gas company’s right of way over plaintiff’s property did not specify the width or describe a designated cleared area for its natural gas pipelines, the Richmond U.S. District Court interprets the agreement to provide for a 60-foot ...

Tagged with: Judge Henry E. Hudson Real Estate U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An African-American former chief technology specialist for defendant public school system cannot sue for race bias in violation of Title VII, including retaliatory discharge; the Richmond U.S. District Court says ample documentation of plaintiff’s poor performance resulting in multiple formal ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An African-American woman who complained about questions from contract marketing employees about whether she liked watermelon and whether there were still “crack hoes running around” Harlem, where plaintiff had family, was not terminated because of her complaints but because she ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The seller of a warehouse full of seasonal and sports-branded merchandise who waited until six weeks before the trial date to invoke contract remedies including arbitration has waived his right to arbitrate a dispute over the merchantability of the inventory, ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this suit alleging defendant school system discriminated in terminating an electrical utilities worker who is an African-American of Jamaican heritage, a Richmond U.S. District Court denies his Rule 60 motion to vacate dismissal of his claim. The stated reason ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Richmond U.S. District Court denies plaintiff’s motion to file under seal itemized attorney time entries, attorney biographies and declaration of counsel submitted in support of its attorney’s fee request. Plaintiff argues the hourly rates charged by counsel and other ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District