Plaintiff bank wins a temporary restraining order against defendant business customer pending resolution of the bank’s complaint alleging breach of contract and unjust enrichment arising from an account signatory’s alleged effort to twice withdraw the balance of account funds for ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Although a woman who owned a 16-acre farm adjacent to the King William County High School lost her Clean Water Act lawsuit against the school board for the alleged discharge of pollutants onto her land from a stormwater retention basin ...

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

A plaintiff’s suit against Atlas Van Lines alleging damage to his household goods, including the sound board of his piano, during a move from Nashville, Tenn. to Richmond, Va., is dismissed as time-barred by the Richmond U.S. District Court magistrate ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Dennis Dohnal U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In these consolidated trade secret and conspiracy cases, an Alexandria U.S. District Court vacates a magistrate judge’s order requiring managing agents for two foreign corporations to travel to Virginia for depositions; facilitating service of process on foreign defendants cannot be ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An Alexandria U.S. District Court dismisses a citizens’ lawsuit to halt widening of I-66 inside the Beltway. Plaintiff Arlington residents challenge the Federal Highway Administration’s Aug. 1, 2008 approval of a Categorical Exclusion for construction of a Spot Improvement Project ...

Tagged with: Administrative Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A man who was born without thumbs and had undergone a number of surgeries over his lifetime, and who recently worked as a gas operations technician for defendant Micron Technology, loses on summary judgment his claim that his termination violated ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Anthony J. Trenga U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A commercial landlord did not check out defendant broadcast company’s FCC filings or its website to verify the story of the company founder’s son, “Junior,” that he was authorized to sign for “Senior’s” company to guarantee a lease for Junior’s ...

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

A retirement home can compel arbitration of a claim by a former resident who allegedly suffered injuries when she fell while being assisted to the toilet, on a contract signed by her son who has power of attorney; a Richmond ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge James R. Spencer U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A man who moved from Pennsylvania to Virginia and sought to have his Section 8 voucher for public housing accepted for rental assistance in Virginia does not have a private cause of action to sue for an alleged violation of ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A qui tam action filed by a former employee of government contractor IIF Data Solutions, which resulted in a defense verdict after a seven-day trial, was “clearly frivolous and vexatious” and an Alexandria U.S. District Court awards the contractor $501,546 ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District