A Virginia county may require a “spiritual counselor” who offers psychic readings to obtain a business license and follow local zoning laws; the 4th Circuit says she is entitled to some First Amendment protection, but the county has not unconstitutionally ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Allyson K. Duncan Municipal

Suits filed by plaintiffs, a group of Fitness Clubs, to challenge actions by a city council and a county board of supervisors to lease public property to a YMCA and to enter into a use agreement with a capital contribution ...

Tagged with: Justice S. Bernard Goodwyn Municipal Supreme Court of Virginia

A motion for protective order filed by the Virginia Resources Authority is rendered moot, says a Shenandoah County Circuit Court, and the court sustains in part and overrules in part the VRA’s plea in bar in the present suit seeking ...

Tagged with: Judge Dennis Lee Hupp Municipal Shenandoah County Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

A Loudoun County Circuit Court upholds defendant school board’s redistricting decision against a challenge by parents unhappy with the change required by the revised attendance zones. While the court acknowledges its awareness that petitioner has obtained a hardship exemption for ...

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Parents of elementary school students lose their challenge to respondent school board’s redistricting decision contending the board exceeded its authority, acted arbitrarily and abused its discretion in adopting new school attendance zones; the Loudoun County Circuit Court dismisses the parents’ ...

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A group of local volunteer fire and rescue departments cannot sue county officials on a claim the county reduced funding in retaliation for plaintiffs’ opposition to local legislation; the 4th Circuit affirms dismissal of the suit by the district court, ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Albert Diaz Municipal

A U.S. Postal Service letter carrier who won a personal-injury lawsuit against a South Carolina town after she fell into a manhole must reimburse the Department of Labor for benefits she received under the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act; the 4th ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge James A. Wynn Jr. Municipal

In this appeal, we consider certain “prohibition” and “discrimination” challenges brought by a wireless telecommunications provider against a local governing body under a provision of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, 47 U.S.C. § 332(c)(7)(B)(i), and conclude the Fairfax County, Va., ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Barbara Milano Keenan Municipal

In a county that has the urban executive form of government, Va. Code § 51.1-823 does not confer jurisdiction on a circuit court to hear a school board employee’s appeal of a denial of a request for service-connected disability benefits ...

Tagged with: Justice William C. Mims Municipal Supreme Court of Virginia

When the 2012 General Assembly convenes next month, expect to see several bills designed to change the time-tested way that people in the commonwealth keep informed about their government. The bills would change Virginia’s laws on public notices, moving them ...

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