In a civil complaint, two sets of neighbors, including a current candidate for local office, accused the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center of Roanoke of using social media to defame them. The lawsuit, filed June 25, said the center posted false ...

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The ruling of a Petersburg judge may have opened opportunities to challenge local land use decisions in Virginia. The circuit judge said a Petersburg city councilman had standing as an “officer” of the locality to appeal the decision of the ...

Tagged with: Judge Joseph M. Teefey Jr. Land Use & Zoning Petersburg Circuit Court

A property sales agreement, which set forth a mathematical formula for apportioning increases to local development-density rights between the property owners, was rendered impossible to calculate when the county removed the density limit entirely. Background In 2000, Appellant WG Land ...

Tagged with: Contract Justice Elizabeth A. McClanahan Land Use & Zoning Municipal Real Estate Real Property Supreme Court of Virginia

In this case for injunctive relief, the plaintiff and defendant, who are brother and sister, had been deeded certain tracts of land. One tract, deeded to the plaintiff, contained the old family home in which the parties’ mother reserved a ...

Tagged with: Judge James J. Reynolds Land Use & Zoning Pittsylvania County Circuit Court

A gas company seeking to expand its natural gas substation in Prince George’s County, Md., cannot challenge the county’s denial of their request in this federal lawsuit; the 4th Circuit affirms the district court decision dismissing the company’s claim under ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Stephanie Dawn Thacker Land Use & Zoning

Two bars that operated in Norfolk’s Waterside Festival Marketplace lose their challenge to the city council’s revocation of a blanket special exception and denial of their individual applications to continue their operations; the Supreme Court of Virginia affirms judgment for ...

Tagged with: Justice Cynthia D. Kinser Land Use & Zoning Supreme Court of Virginia

Not to be left behind by the Court of Appeals of Virginia, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has used a photograph to illustrate the subject of a North Carolina zoning dispute in a new opinion. While the Virginia ...

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CHARLOTTESVILLE (AP) Alexander “A.J.” Miller bought the chickens to teach his son about sustainability. His Albemarle County neighbors complained about the sustained stench. Now Miller is going to court to fight to keep his dozen cluckers after being ordered to ...

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An Alexandria U.S. District Court upholds denial of a permit for construction of a wireless communications facility on a church tower in Sterling, but says the county board of supervisors violated the federal Telecommunications Act when it denied a permit ...

Tagged with: Judge Gerald Bruce Lee Land Use & Zoning U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Two York County landowners can grow oysters on their waterfront residential property for commercial purposes without special use permits, a circuit court held earlier this month. But the county board of supervisors plans to appeal the rulings, according to York ...

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