(AP) Virginia’s law prohibiting out-of-state residents from circulating petitions for third-party presidential candidates is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled May 29. The unanimous decision by a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld U.S. District ...

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Plaintiff lender wins summary judgment against defendant guarantors on loans to develop a retail site in the Richmond area; once the borrower defaulted on its loan payments, it owed plaintiff the remainder of the rent payments after paying property-related expenses, ...

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Applying Florida law, a Richmond U.S. District Court says plaintiff lenders are entitled to summary judgment finding defendant developers of retail stores liable for conversion of rent payments the lenders were entitled to collect, but the case will go to ...

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Although plaintiff delayed disclosing to a bankruptcy judge that he had filed an EEOC charge against his employer, the Richmond U.S. District Court denies employer’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s Title VII suit based on employer’s arguments that only the bankruptcy ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Richmond U.S. District Court denies a writ of habeas corpus in this capital murder case in which defendant was convicted on four counts of capital murder and related felony charges in the murder of a woman, her two daughters ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A former lawyer who lost his Virginia bar license in 2006 is ordered by the Richmond U.S. District Court to show cause why he should not be enjoined from filing, without permission of the court, any lawsuit alleging an injury ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A videotape of defendant correctional officers’ efforts to subdue a pretrial detainee suspected of hiding drugs in his buttocks, who had removed and attempted to swallow the item, supports the officers’ claims that they did not violate any duty owed ...

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Plaintiff, a former city council member and convicted felon who is eligible for restoration of his voting rights, has pleaded an equal protection claim by alleging Article II, Section 1 of the Virginia Constitution, which disqualifies felons from voting, discriminates ...

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A Richmond U.S. District Court adopts the magistrate judge’s report and affirms denial of benefits over claimant’s objection that the administrative law judge erred by assigning the treating physician’s opinion “little weight”; the court finds that substantial evidence supports the ...

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The estate of a person fatally shot by defendant, a Petersburg police officer, may not sue the officer for assault and battery, gross negligence and wrongful death; the Richmond U.S. District Court says the officer has qualified immunity from suit. ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District