A defendant school system wins summary judgment in a Title VII suit filed by a job applicant who alleged he was denied a position as a substitute bus driver based on a prior criminal charge, his race and his “huge ...

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A Danville U.S. District Court says a pro se African-American plaintiff fired by The Home Depot has stated Title VII claims for a racially hostile work environment and retaliation with allegations that she was denied a job as being not ...

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The U.S. did not intervene in, or have any practical control over, a relator’s earlier False Claims Act suit against a manufacturer of armored vehicles that allegedly defrauded the government by late delivery of vehicles that did not pass ballistic ...

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A Danville U.S. District Court dis­misses petitioner’s request for resen­tencing in light of Johnson v. U.S., as petitioner’s prior crimes of breaking and entering and burglary under Vir­ginia law were predicate crimes of vi­olence under the Armed Career Crim­inal Act; ...

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A Danville U.S. District grants defen­dant school system summary judgment on plaintiff’s Title VII claims alleging he was denied employment as a school bus driver based on his race and his “huge frame,” but denies defendant school system summary judgment ...

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A bankruptcy court erred in sua sponte dis­missing appellant’s chapter 7 petition solely for failure to pay the administrative notice fee, and without any notice or hearing for pe­titioner; the Danville U.S. District Court va­cates the dismissal and remands the ...

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A woman who tripped over wooden pallets as she entered a Wal-Mart store through the Tire and Lube Express can try her negligence claim, as the Danville U.S. District Court denies summary judgment on the store’s as­sertion that plaintiff was ...

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A Danville U.S. District Court grants a senior living center’s motion to compel arbi­tration of plaintiff’s claim for discriminatory refusal to hire him as a part-time cook in vi­olation of Title VII and the Americans with Disabilities Act, based on ...

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In plaintiff’s products liability suit involving a roof seamer, a Danville U.S. District Court grants plaintiff’s motion to strike a defense of assumption of the risk to plaintiff’s breach of implied war­ranty claim. Plaintiff alleges he was injured while using ...

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After a bench trial, the Danville U.S. District Court rules for defendant police officers in plaintiff ’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit challenging the officers’ entry and search of his quarters in a rooming house that he owned, and seizure ...

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