Plaintiffs who own an 18th century colonial “Stone House” on a 100-acre tract in Buchanan have stated a claim for a declaratory judgment in their lawsuit seeking to limit limestone quarrying on the property by the owner of the mineral ...

Tagged with: Judge James C. Turk Real Estate U.S. District Court - Western District

Although plaintiff, a commercial tenant, seeks a quick resolution of its right to early termination of a Lease for the use of space by government contractors who have relocated, the Alexandria U.S. District Court says the parties must first conduct ...

Tagged with: Judge James C. Cacheris Real Estate U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A public utility company says a property owner’s fence, pool and shed interfere with the utility’s easement, but the property owner has stated a counterclaim for inverse condemnation in the utility company’s declaratory judgment action, the Norfolk U.S. District Court ...

Tagged with: Judge Rebecca Beach Smith Real Estate U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Plaintiffs who lost their homes to foreclosure have not stated claims for a trustee’s breach of an alleged duty of impartiality, but the Richmond U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge will allow plaintiffs to amend their claims for breach of fiduciary ...

Tagged with: Judge M. Hannah Lauck Real Estate U.S. District Court - Eastern District

VIRGINIA BEACH (AP) A Virginia Beach property management company has settled allegations that it discriminated against a Hispanic woman because she didn’t speak English fluently. The woman alleged in a housing discrimination complaint that Virginia Realty Company of Tidewater Inc. ...

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As the defendant has failed to show by clear and convincing evidence that the plaintiff real estate buyer failed to cancel, rescind or otherwise repudiate the purchase contract, the Virginia Beach Circuit Court grants judgment for plaintiff and orders specific ...

Tagged with: Judge Edward W. Hanson Jr. Real Estate Virginia Beach Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

The parties’ commercial lease for a wireless services store contains a valid liquidated damages clause calling for the balance of rent due under the term of the lease, which is not unconscionable under the controlling Maryland law; the Fairfax Circuit ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Jan L. Brodie Real Estate Virginia Circuit Courts

In this dispute over a contract for the sale of real estate with multiple owners, the owners’ Operating Agreements are ambiguous because one provision states 51 percent of the members must agree to sell, and another provision says it takes ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Jonathan C. Thacher Real Estate Virginia Circuit Courts

Although defendant bank provided 29 days’ notice of intent to accelerate plaintiff homeowners’ loan, instead of the required 30 days, the Richmond U.S. District Court will not dismiss plaintiffs’ claim for breach of contract, or their claim for actual fraud, ...

Tagged with: Judge Henry E. Hudson Real Estate U.S. District Court - Eastern District

This was a breach of fiduciary duty, fraud and piercing the corporate veil suit by a hotel development company to recover an escrow deposit from a real estate brokerage firm that failed to return it. U.S. District Judge Liam O’Grady ...

Tagged with: Federal Courts Fraud Judge Liam O'Grady Real Estate