Where the state registrar was unclear about the court’s prior ruling regarding a race question on marriage applications, the ruling was clarified and she was directed to excise the race inquiry from the applications. Background This matter comes before the ...

Tagged with: Constitutional Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the company closed without providing notice to its 150 employees  required under the WARN Act, the employees were awarded damages including back pay, vacation pay and benefits. Background Plaintiffs sued FCI Enterprises LLC, in addition to FCI’s corporate officers ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the plaintiffs had standing to challenge a Virginia code section because they were denied marriage licenses after they refused to provide their race on the application, and where the Attorney General’s opinion that the statute did not require race ...

Tagged with: Constitutional Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Despite the state’s effort to avoid the constitutional implications of a Virginia law requiring couples to disclose their race when seeking a marriage license, a federal judge emphatically declared the law unconstitutional in an Oct. 11 ruling. Requiring the betrothed ...

Tagged with: Constitutional Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where defense counsel used all five of its preemptory strikes on white jurors and struck one of the jurors because she was not responsive during generic questioning, but never asked that juror any specific questions, the strike was improper in ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals

Where an employee suffered a variety of respiratory issues beginning about two weeks after she was exposed to a bat while working in her employer’s warehouse, she was not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits because she did not show a ...

Tagged with: Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation

Where a husband failed to establish that there was “gross disparity” in the distribution of marital assets, that his wife exerted oppressive influence over the process, or that the judge acted improperly, the court found the couple’s separation agreement was ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals

Where a woman who failed to appear for three medical evaluations, the commission could terminated her weekly benefits. Background In June 2014, appellant sustained a compensable injury and was awarded $588.21 in weekly benefits. In early February 2016, appellant’s physician ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals

Where a Goodwill driver willfully violated his employer’s known safety rules, he is denied workers’ compensation benefits. Background Appellant was employed by Rappahannock Goodwill. On Oct. 10, 2016, appellant sustained injuries while unloading donated goods from a company truck. Appellant ...

Tagged with: Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation

Law enforcement officers who witnessed a drug transaction acted in good faith when they sought historical cell phone site location data based on the law at the time, and defendant’s conviction is affirmed. Background After Alexandria police detectives witnessed appellant ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals